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CHAP. II.
1 Nebuchad-nezzar forgetting his dreame, requireth it of the Caldeans, by promises and threatnings. 10 They acknowledging their inabilitie, are iudged to die. 14 Daniel obtaining some respite, findeth the dreame. 19 He blesseth God. 24 He staying the Decree, is brought to the King. 31 The dreame. 36 The interpretatiō. 46 Daniels aduancement.
3 And the King said vnto them, I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirit was troubled to know the dreame.
4 Then spake the Caldeans to the King in Syriacke; O king, liue for euer: tell thy seruants the dreame, and we will shew the interpretation.4
5 The King answered, and said to the Caldeans, The thing is gone from mee: if ye will not make knowen vnto me the dreame, with the interpretation thereof, yee shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shalbe made a dunghill.5
6 But if yee shewe the dreame, and the interpretation thereof, yee shall receiue of me giftes and rewards, and great honour: therefore shewe me the dreame, and the interpretation thereof.6
8 The King answered, and said, I know of certeinty that ye would gaine the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.8
14 ¶ Then Daniel answered with counsell and wisedome to Arioch the captaine of the Kings guard, which was gone foorth to slay the wise men of Babylon.14
18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heauen concerning this secret, that Daniel and his fellowes should not perish with the rest of the Wise men of Babylon.18
19 ¶ Then was the secret reuealed vnto Daniel in a night vision: then Daniel blessed the God of heauen.
Daniel expoundeth the kings dreame.
20 Daniel answered and said; Blessed be the name of God for euer and euer: for wisedome and might are his:20
25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, & said thus vnto him, I haue found a man of the captiues of Iudah, that will make knowen vnto the king the interpretation.25
28 But there is a God in heauen that reuealeth secrets, and maketh knowen to the king Nebuchad-nezzar, what shalbe in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and the visions of thy head vpon thy bed, are these.28
29 As for thee, O King, thy thoughts came into thy minde vpon thy bed, what should come to passe hereafter: and he that reuealeth secrets, maketh knowen to thee, what shall come to passe.29
Daniel expoundeth the kings dreame.
31 ¶ Thou, O King, sawest, and behold a great image: this great image whose brightnesse was excelleut, stood before thee, and the forme thereof was terrible.31
32 This images head was of fine gold, his breast and his armes of siluer, his belly and his thighes of brasse:32
33 His legs of yron, his feete part of yron, and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image vpon his feete that were of yron and clay, and brake them to pieces.34
36 ¶ This is the dreame, and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the King.
42 And as the toes of the feete were part of yron, and part of clay; so the kingdome shall be partly strong, and partly broken.42
43 And whereas thou sawest yron mixt with myrie clay, they shall mingle themselues with the seede of men: but they shall not cleaue one to an other, euen as yron is not mixed with clay.43
An image set vp, and dedicated.
44 And in the daies of these Kings shall the God of heauen set vp a kingdome, which shall neuer be destroyed: and the Kingdome shall not be left to other people, but it shall breake in pieces, and consume all these kingdomes, and it shall stand for euer.44
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountaine without hands, and that it brake in pieces the yron, the brasse, the clay, the siluer, and the gold: the great God hath made knowen to the King what shall come to passe hereafter, & the dreame is certaine, and the interpretation thereof sure.45
48 Then the King made Daniel a great man, and gaue him many great gifts, & made him ruler ouer the whole prouince of Babylon, and chiefe of the gouernours ouer all the wise men of Babylon.48
Daniel Chapter 2 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
4 Dan. 3.9.
5 Dan. 3. 29. , Cald. made pieces.
6 Or, Fee, Dan.5. 17.
8 Cald. buy.
14 Cald. returned. , Or, chiefe marshall. Cald. chiefe of the executioners or slaughtermen.
18 Cald. from before God. , Or, that they should not destroy Daniel, &c.
20 Psal. 113. 2. and 115. 18.
25 Cald. that I haue found. , Cald. children of the captiuitie of Iudah.
28 Cald. hath made knowen.
29 Cald. came vp.
31 Cald. wass seeing.
32 Or, sides.
34 Or, which was not in hands. As verse 45.
42 Or, brittle.
43 Cald. this with this.
44 Cald. their dayes. , Chap.4.3, 34. and 6. 27. and 7. 14, 27. mich 4.7. luke 1.33. , Cald. kingdome thereof.
45 Or, which was not in hand. , Cald. after this.
48 Chap.4.9.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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