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Daniel 1
1. In the third <07969> year <08141> of the reign
<04438> of Jehoiakim <03079> king <04428> of Judah <
03063> came <0935> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> king <04428>
of Babylon <0894> unto Jerusalem <03389>, and besieged <
06696> it.
2 And the Lord <0136> gave <05414> Jehoiakim <
03079> king <04428> of Judah <03063> into his hand <
03027>, with part <07117> of the vessels <03627> of the
house <01004> of God <0430>: which he carried <0935>
into the land <0776> of Shinar <08152> to the house <
01004> of his god <0430>; and he brought <0935> the vessels
<03627> into the treasure <0214> house <01004> of his
god <0430>.
3 And the king <04428> spake <0559> unto Ashpenaz
<0828> the master <07227> of his eunuchs <05631>, that
he should bring <0935> [certain] of the children <01121> of
Israel <03478>, and of the king's <04410> seed <02233>,
and of the princes <06579>;
4 Children <03206> in whom [was] no <0369> blemish
<03971>, but well <02896> favoured <04758>, and skilful
<07919> in all <03605> wisdom <02451>, and cunning <
03045> in knowledge <01847>, and understanding <0995>
science <04093>, and such as [had] ability <03581> in them to
stand <05975> in the king's <04428> palace <01964>, and
whom they might teach <03925> the learning <05612> and the
tongue <03956> of the Chaldeans <03779>.
5 And the king <04428> appointed <04487> them a
daily <03117> provision <01697> of the king's <04428>
meat <06598>, and of the wine <03196> which he drank <
04960>: so nourishing <01431> them three <07969> years <
08141>, that at the end <07117> thereof they might stand <
05975> before <06440> the king <04428>.
6 Now among these <01992> were of the children <
01121> of Judah <03063>, Daniel <01840>, Hananiah <
02608>, Mishael <04332>, and Azariah <05838>:
7 Unto whom <01992> the prince <08269> of the
eunuchs <05631> gave <07760> names <08034>: for he gave
<07760> unto Daniel <01840> [the name <08034>] of
Belteshazzar <01095>; and to Hananiah <02608>, of Shadrach <
07714>; and to Mishael <04332>, of Meshach <04335>; and to
Azariah <05838>, of Abednego <05664>.
8. But Daniel <01840> purposed <07760> in his heart
<03820> that he would not defile <01351> himself with the
portion <06598> of the king's <04428> meat <06598>, nor
with the wine <03196> which he drank <04960>: therefore he
requested <01245> of the prince <08269> of the eunuchs <
05631> that he might not defile <01351> himself.
9 Now God <0430> had brought <05414> Daniel <
01840> into favour <02617> and tender love with the prince <
08269> of the eunuchs <05631>.
10 And the prince <08269> of the eunuchs <05631>
said <0559> unto Daniel <01840>, I fear <03373> my lord
<0113> the king <04428>, who <0834> hath appointed <
04487> your meat <03978> and your drink <04960>: for why
<04100> should he see <07200> your faces <06440> worse
<02196> liking than <04480> the children <03206> which
<0834> [are] of your sort <01524>? then shall ye make [me]
endanger <02325> my head <07218> to the king <04428>.
11 Then said <0559> Daniel <01840> to Melzar <
04453>, whom <0834> the prince <08269> of the eunuchs <
05631> had set <04487> over <05921> Daniel <01840>,
Hananiah <02608>, Mishael <04332>, and Azariah <05838>,
12 Prove <05254> thy servants <05650>, I beseech
<04994> thee, ten <06235> days <03117>; and let them
give <05414> us pulse <02235> to eat <0398>, and water
<04325> to drink <08354>.
13 Then let our countenances <04758> be looked <
07200> upon before <06440> thee, and the countenance <04758>
of the children <03206> that eat <0398> of the portion <
06598> of the king's <04428> meat <06598>: and as thou
seest <07200>, deal <06213> with thy servants <05650>.
14 So he consented <08085> to them in this <02088>
matter <01697>, and proved <05254> them ten <06235> days
<03117>.
15 And at the end <07117> of ten <06235> days <
03117> their countenances <04758> appeared <07200> fairer
<02896> and fatter <01277> in flesh <01320> than <
04480> all <03605> the children <03206> which did eat <
0398> the portion <06598> of the king's <04428> meat <
06598>.
16 Thus Melzar <04453> took <05375> away the
portion <06598> of their meat <06598>, and the wine <
03196> that they should drink <04960>; and gave <05414>
them pulse <02235>.
17. As for these <0428> four <0702> children <
03206>, God <0430> gave <05414> them knowledge <04093>
and skill <07919> in all <03605> learning <05612> and
wisdom <02451>: and Daniel <01840> had understanding <
0995> in all <03605> visions <02377> and dreams <
02472>.
18 Now at the end <07117> of the days <03117> that
the king <04428> had said <0559> he should bring <0935>
them in, then the prince <08269> of the eunuchs <05631>
brought <0935> them in before <06440> Nebuchadnezzar <
05019>.
19 And the king <04428> communed <01696> with them;
and among them all <03605> was found <04672> none <03808>
like Daniel <01840>, Hananiah <02608>, Mishael <04332>,
and Azariah <05838>: therefore stood <05975> they before <
06440> the king <04428>.
20 And in all <03605> matters <01697> of wisdom <
02451> [and] understanding <0998>, that the king <04428>
enquired <01245> of them, he found <04672> them ten <
06235> times better <03027> than <05921> all <03605>
the magicians <02748> [and] astrologers <0825> that [were] in
all <03605> his realm <04438>.
21 And Daniel <01840> continued <01961> [even] unto
the first <0259> year <08141> of king <04428> Cyrus <
03566>.
Daniel 2
1. And in the second <08147> year <08141> of the
reign <04438> of Nebuchadnezzar <05019> Nebuchadnezzar <
05019> dreamed <02492> dreams <02472>, wherewith his spirit
<07307> was troubled <06470>, and his sleep <08142>
brake <01961> from him.
2 Then the king <04428> commanded <0559> to call
<07121> the magicians <02748>, and the astrologers <0825>
, and the sorcerers <03784>, and the Chaldeans <03779>, for to
shew <05046> the king <04428> his dreams <02472>. So
they came <0935> and stood <05975> before <06440> the
king <04428>.
3 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto them, I
have dreamed <02492> a dream <02472>, and my spirit <
07307> was troubled <06470> to know <03045> the dream <
02472>.
4 Then spake <01696> the Chaldeans <03779> to the
king <04428> in Syriack <0762>, O king <04430>, live <
02418> for ever <05957>: tell <0560> thy servants <
05649> the dream <02493>, and we will shew <02324> the
interpretation <06591>.
5 The king <04430> answered <06032> and said <
0560> to the Chaldeans <03779>, The thing <04406> is gone
<0230> from me: if <02006> ye will not make known <03046>
unto me the dream <02493>, with the interpretation <06591>
thereof, ye shall be cut <05648> in pieces <01917>, and your
houses <01005> shall be made <07761> a dunghill <05122>.
6 But if <02006> ye shew <02324> the dream <
02493>, and the interpretation <06591> thereof, ye shall receive
<06902> of me gifts <04978> and rewards <05023> and
great <07690> honour <03367>: therefore <02006> shew <
02324> me the dream <02493>, and the interpretation <06591>
thereof.
7 They answered <06032> again <08579> and said <
0560>, Let the king <04430> tell <0560> his servants <
05649> the dream <02493>, and we will shew <02324> the
interpretation <06591> of it.
8 The king <04430> answered <06032> and said <
0560>, I know <03046> of certainty <03330> that ye would
gain <02084> the time <05732>, because ye see <02370>
the thing <04406> is gone <0230> from me.
9 But if <02006> ye will not make known <03046>
unto me the dream <02493>, [there is but] one <02298> decree
<01882> for you: for ye have prepared <02164> lying <
03538> and corrupt <07844> words <04406> to speak <
0560> before <06925> me, till <05704> the time <05732>
be changed <08133>: therefore <02006> tell <0560> me
the dream <02493>, and I shall know <03046> that ye can shew
<02324> me the interpretation <06591> thereof.
10 The Chaldeans <03779> answered <06032> before
<06925> the king <04430>, and said <0560>, There is not
a man <0606> upon the earth <03007> that can <03202>
shew <02324> the king's <04430> matter <04406>:
therefore [there is] no king <04430>, lord <07229>, nor ruler
<07990>, [that] asked <07593> such <01836> things at any
<03606> magician <02749>, or astrologer <0826>, or
Chaldean <03777>.
11 And [it is] a rare <03358> thing <04406> that
the king <04430> requireth <07593>, and there is none <
03809> other <0321> that can shew <02324> it before <
06925> the king <04430>, except <03861> the gods <
0426>, whose <01768> dwelling <04070> is not with flesh <
01321>.
12 For this <01836> cause the king <04430> was
angry <01149> and very <07690> furious <07108>, and
commanded <0560> to destroy <07> all <03606> the wise
<02445> [men] of Babylon <0895>.
13 And the decree <01882> went <05312> forth <
05312> that the wise <02445> [men] should be slain <06992>;
and they sought <01158> Daniel <01841> and his fellows <
02269> to be slain <06992>.
14. Then <0116> Daniel <01841> answered <08421>
with counsel <05843> and wisdom <02942> to Arioch <0746>
the captain <07229> of the king's <04430> guard <02877>,
which <01768> was gone <05312> forth <05312> to slay
<06992> the wise <02445> [men] of Babylon <0895>:
15 He answered <06032> and said <0560> to Arioch
<0746> the king's <04430> captain <07990>, Why [is] the
decree <01882> [so] hasty <02685> from the king <04430>?
Then <0116> Arioch <0746> made the thing <04406> known
<03046> to Daniel <01841>.
16 Then Daniel <01841> went <05954> in, and desired
<01156> of the king <04430> that he would give <05415>
him time <02166>, and that he would shew <02324> the king <
04430> the interpretation <06591>.
17 Then <0116> Daniel <01841> went <0236> to
his house <01005>, and made the thing <04406> known <
03046> to Hananiah <02608>, Mishael <04332>, and Azariah
<05839>, his companions <02269>:
18 That they would desire <01156> mercies <07359>
of the God <0426> of heaven <08065> concerning <05922>
this <01836> secret <07328>; that Daniel <01841> and his
fellows <02269> should not perish <07> with the rest <
07606> of the wise <02445> [men] of Babylon <0895>.
19 Then <0116> was the secret <07328> revealed <
01541> unto Daniel <01841> in a night <03916> vision <
02376>. Then <0116> Daniel <01841> blessed <01289>
the God <0426> of heaven <08065>.
20 Daniel <01841> answered <06032> and said <
0560>, Blessed <01289> be the name <08036> of God <
0426> for ever <05957> and ever <05957>: for wisdom <
02452> and might <01370> are his:
21 And he changeth <08133> the times <05732> and
the seasons <02166>: he removeth <05709> kings <04430>,
and setteth <06966> up kings <04430>: he giveth <03052>
wisdom <02452> unto the wise <02445>, and knowledge <
0998> to them that know <03046> understanding <0999>:
22 He revealeth <01541> the deep <05994> and secret
<05642> things: he knoweth <03046> what <04101> [is] in
the darkness <02816>, and the light <05094> dwelleth <
08271> with him.
23 I thank <03029> thee, and praise <07624> thee, O
thou God <0426> of my fathers <02>, who <01768> hast
given <03052> me wisdom <02452> and might <01370>, and
hast made known <03046> unto me now <03705> what <01768>
we desired <01156> of thee: for thou hast [now <03705>] made
known <03046> unto us the king's <04430> matter <04406>.
24. Therefore Daniel <01841> went <05954> in unto
Arioch <0746>, whom <01768> the king <04430> had
ordained <04483> to destroy <07> the wise <02445> [men]
of Babylon <0895>: he went <0236> and said <0560> thus
<03652> unto him; Destroy <07> not the wise <02445>
[men] of Babylon <0895>: bring <05924> me in before <
06925> the king <04430>, and I will shew <02324> unto the
king <04430> the interpretation <06591>.
25 Then <0116> Arioch <0746> brought <05954>
in Daniel <01841> before <06925> the king <04430> in
haste <0927>, and said <0560> thus <03652> unto him, I
have found <04672> a man <01400> of the captives of Judah <
03061>, that will make known <03046> unto the king <04430>
the interpretation <06591>.
26 The king <04430> answered <06032> and said <
0560> to Daniel <01841>, whose <01768> name <08036>
[was] Belteshazzar <01096>, Art <0383> thou able <03546>
to make known <03046> unto me the dream <02493> which <
01768> I have seen <02370>, and the interpretation <06591>
thereof?
27 Daniel <01841> answered <06032> in the presence
<06925> of the king <04430>, and said <0560>, The secret
<07328> which <01768> the king <04430> hath demanded <
07593> cannot the wise <02445> [men], the astrologers <0826>
, the magicians <02749>, the soothsayers <01505>, shew <
02324> unto the king <04430>;
28 But there is a God <0426> in heaven <08065> that
revealeth <01541> secrets <07328>, and maketh known <
03046> to the king <04430> Nebuchadnezzar <05020> what <
04101> shall be in the latter <0320> days <03118>. Thy
dream <02493>, and the visions <02376> of thy head <
07217> upon thy bed <04903>, are these <01836>;
29 As for thee, O king <04430>, thy thoughts <07476>
came <05559> [into thy mind] upon thy bed <04903>, what <
04101> should come <01934> to pass hereafter: and he that
revealeth <01541> secrets <07328> maketh known <03046>
to thee what <04101> shall come <01934> to pass.
30 But as for me, this <01836> secret <07328> is
not revealed <01541> to me for [any] wisdom <02452> that I
have <0383> more <04481> than <04481> any <03606>
living <02417>, but for [their] sakes <01701> that shall make
known <03046> the interpretation <06591> to the king <
04430>, and that thou mightest know <03046> the thoughts <
07476> of thy heart <03825>.
31. Thou, O king <04430>, sawest <02370>, and behold
<0431> a great <07690> image <06755>. This <01797>
great <07229> image <06755>, whose brightness <02122>
[was] excellent <03493>, stood <06966> before <06903>
thee; and the form <07299> thereof [was] terrible <01763>.
32 This <01931> image's <06755> head <07217>
[was] of fine <02869> gold <01722>, his breast <02306>
and his arms <01672> of silver <03702>, his belly <04577>
and his thighs <03410> of brass <05174>,
33 His legs <08243> of iron <06523>, his feet <
07271> part <04481> of iron <06523> and part <04481>
of clay <02635>.
34 Thou sawest <02370> till <05704> that a stone
<069> was cut <01505> out without hands <03028>, which
smote <04223> the image <06755> upon his feet <07271>
[that were] of iron <06523> and clay <02635>, and brake <
01855> them to pieces.
35 Then <0116> was the iron <06523>, the clay <
02635>, the brass <05174>, the silver <03702>, and the gold
<01722>, broken <01854> to pieces together <02298>, and
became <01934> like the chaff <05784> of the summer <
07007> threshingfloors <0147>; and the wind <07308> carried
<05376> them away, that no place <0870> was found <07912>
for them: and the stone <069> that smote <04223> the image
<06755> became <01934> a great <07229> mountain <
02906>, and filled <04391> the whole <03606> earth <
0772>.
36 This <01836> [is] the dream <02493>; and we will
tell <0560> the interpretation <06591> thereof before <
06925> the king <04430>.
37 Thou, O king <04430>, [art] a king <04430> of
kings <04430>: for the God <0426> of heaven <08065> hath
given <03052> thee a kingdom <04437>, power <02632>, and
strength <08632>, and glory <03367>.
38 And wheresoever the children <01123> of men <
0606> dwell <01753>, the beasts <02423> of the field <
01251> and the fowls <05776> of the heaven <08065> hath he
given <03052> into thine hand <03028>, and hath made thee
ruler <07981> over them all <03606>. Thou [art] this <
01931> head <07217> of gold <01722>.
39 And after <0870> thee shall arise <06965>
another <0317> kingdom <04437> inferior <0772> to thee,
and another <0317> third <08523> kingdom <04437> of
brass <05174>, which <01768> shall bear <07981> rule <
07981> over all <03606> the earth <0772>.
40 And the fourth <07244> kingdom <04437> shall be
strong <08624> as iron <06523>: forasmuch as iron <06523>
breaketh <01855> in pieces and subdueth <02827> all <
03606> [things]: and as iron <06523> that breaketh <07940>
all <03606> these <0459>, shall it break <01854> in
pieces and bruise <07490>.
41 And whereas <01768> thou sawest <02370> the feet
<07271> and toes <0677>, part <04481> of potters <
06353>' clay <02635>, and part <04481> of iron <06523>
, the kingdom <04437> shall be divided <06386>; but there
shall be in it of the strength <05326> of the iron <06523>,
forasmuch as thou sawest <02370> the iron <06523> mixed <
06151> with miry <02917> clay <02635>.
42 And [as] the toes <0677> of the feet <07271>
[were] part <04481> of iron <06523>, and part <04481> of
clay <02635>, [so] the kingdom <04437> shall be partly <
07118> strong <08624>, and partly <07118> broken <
08406>.
43 And whereas <01768> thou sawest <02370> iron <
06523> mixed <06151> with miry <02917> clay <02635>,
they shall mingle <06151> themselves with the seed <02234> of
men <0606>: but they shall not cleave <01693> one <01836>
to another <01836>, even <01887> as iron <06523> is not
mixed <06151> with clay <02635>.
44 And in the days <03118> of these <0581> kings
<04430> shall the God <0426> of heaven <08065> set <
06966> up a kingdom <04437>, which <01768> shall never be
destroyed <02255>: and the kingdom <04437> shall not be left
<07662> to other <0321> people <05972>, [but] it shall
break <01854> in pieces and consume <05487> all <03606>
these <0459> kingdoms <04437>, and it shall stand <06966>
for ever <05957>.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest <02370> that the stone <
069> was cut <01505> out of the mountain <02906> without
hands <03028>, and that it brake <01855> in pieces the iron
<06523>, the brass <05174>, the clay <02635>, the silver
<03702>, and the gold <01722>; the great <07229> God <
0426> hath made known <03046> to the king <04430> what <
04101> shall come <01934> to pass hereafter: and the dream <
02493> [is] certain <03330>, and the interpretation <06591>
thereof sure <0546>.
46. Then <0116> the king <04430> Nebuchadnezzar <
05020> fell <05308> upon his face <0600>, and worshipped
<05457> Daniel <01841>, and commanded <0560> that they
should offer <05260> an oblation <08641> and sweet <
05208> odours <05208> unto him.
47 The king <04430> answered <06032> unto Daniel
<01841>, and said <0560>, Of a truth <07187> [it is],
that your God <0426> [is] a God <0426> of gods <0426>,
and a Lord <04756> of kings <04430>, and a revealer <
01541> of secrets <07328>, seeing <01768> thou couldest <
03202> reveal <01541> this <01836> secret <07328>.
48 Then <0116> the king <04430> made <07236>
Daniel <01841> a great <07236> man, and gave <03052> him
many <07690> great <07260> gifts <04978>, and made him
ruler <07981> over <05922> the whole <03606> province
<04083> of Babylon <0895>, and chief <07229> of the
governors <05461> over <05922> all <03606> the wise <
02445> [men] of Babylon <0895>.
49 Then Daniel <01841> requested <01156> of the
king <04430>, and he set <04483> Shadrach <07715>,
Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <05665>, over <05922> the
affairs <05673> of the province <04083> of Babylon <0895>
: but Daniel <01841> [sat] in the gate <08651> of the king <
04430>.
Daniel 3
1. Nebuchadnezzar <05020> the king <04430> made <
05648> an image <06755> of gold <01722>, whose <01768>
height <07314> [was] threescore <08361> cubits <0521>,
[and] the breadth <06613> thereof six <08353> cubits <
0521>: he set <06966> it up in the plain <01236> of Dura
<01757>, in the province <04083> of Babylon <0895>.
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar <05020> the king <04430> sent
<07972> to gather <03673> together the princes <0324>,
the governors <05461>, and the captains <06347>, the judges
<0148>, the treasurers <01411>, the counsellors <01884>,
the sheriffs <08614>, and all <03606> the rulers <07984>
of the provinces <04082>, to come <0858> to the dedication <
02597> of the image <06755> which <01768> Nebuchadnezzar
<05020> the king <04430> had set <06966> up.
3 Then <0116> the princes <0324>, the governors <
05461>, and captains <06347>, the judges <0148>, the
treasurers <01411>, the counsellors <01884>, the sheriffs <
08614>, and all <03606> the rulers <07984> of the provinces
<04082>, were gathered <03673> together unto the dedication
<02597> of the image <06755> that Nebuchadnezzar <05020>
the king <04430> had set <06966> up; and they stood <
06966> before <06903> the image <06755> that Nebuchadnezzar
<05020> had set <06966> up.
4 Then an herald <03744> cried <07123> aloud <
02429>, To you it is commanded <0560>, O people <05972>,
nations <0524>, and languages <03961>,
5 [That] at what <01768> time <05732> ye hear <
08086> the sound <07032> of the cornet <07162>, flute <
04953>, harp <07030>, sackbut <05443>, psaltery <
06460>, dulcimer <05481>, and all <03606> kinds <
02177> of musick <02170>, ye fall <05308> down and worship
<05457> the golden <01722> image <06755> that
Nebuchadnezzar <05020> the king <04430> hath set <06966>
up:
6 And whoso falleth <05308> not down and worshippeth <
05457> shall the same hour <08160> be cast <07412> into the
midst <01459> of a burning <03345> fiery <05135> furnace
<0861>.
7 Therefore at that time <02166>, when <01768> all
<03606> the people <05972> heard <08086> the sound <
07032> of the cornet <07162>, flute <04953>, harp <
07030>, sackbut <05443>, psaltery <06460>, and all <
03606> kinds <02177> of musick <02170>, all <03606>
the people <05972>, the nations <0524>, and the languages <
03961>, fell <05308> down [and] worshipped <05457> the
golden <01722> image <06755> that Nebuchadnezzar <05020>
the king <04430> had set <06966> up.
8. Wherefore at that time <02166> certain <01400>
Chaldeans <03779> came <07127> near <07127>, and accused
<07170> the Jews <03064>.
9 They spake <06032> and said <0560> to the king
<04430> Nebuchadnezzar <05020>, O king <04430>, live <
02418> for ever <05957>.
10 Thou, O king <04430>, hast made <07761> a decree
<02942>, that every <03606> man <0606> that shall hear
<08086> the sound <07032> of the cornet <07162>, flute
<04953>, harp <07030>, sackbut <05443>, psaltery <
06460>, and dulcimer <05481>, and all <03606> kinds <
02177> of musick <02170>, shall fall <05308> down and
worship <05457> the golden <01722> image <06755>:
11 And whoso falleth <05308> not down and worshippeth <
05457>, [that] he should be cast <07412> into the midst <
01459> of a burning <03345> fiery <05135> furnace <
0861>.
12 There are certain <01400> Jews <03064> whom <
03487> thou hast set <04483> over <05921> the affairs <
05673> of the province <04083> of Babylon <0895>, Shadrach
<07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <05665>; these
<0479> men <01400>, O king <04430>, have not regarded
thee: they serve <06399> not thy gods <0426>, nor <03809>
worship <05457> the golden <01722> image <06755> which
<01768> thou hast set <06966> up.
13 Then <0116> Nebuchadnezzar <05020> in [his] rage
<07266> and fury <02528> commanded <0560> to bring <
0858> Shadrach <07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <
05665>. Then <0116> they brought <0858> these <0479>
men <01400> before <06925> the king <04430>.
14 Nebuchadnezzar <05020> spake <06032> and said
<0560> unto them, [Is it] true <06656>, O Shadrach <
07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <05665>, do not ye
serve <06399> my gods <0426>, nor <03809> worship <
05457> the golden <01722> image <06755> which <01768>
I have set <06966> up?
15 Now <03705> if <02006> ye be ready <06263>
that at what <01768> time <05732> ye hear <08086> the
sound <07032> of the cornet <07162>, flute <04953>, harp
<07030>, sackbut <05443>, psaltery <06460>, and dulcimer
<05481>, and all <03606> kinds <02177> of musick <
02170>, ye fall <05308> down and worship <05457> the image
<06755> which <01768> I have made <05648>; [well]: but
if <02006> ye worship <05457> not, ye shall be cast <
07412> the same hour <08160> into the midst <01459> of a
burning <03345> fiery <05135> furnace <0861>; and who
<04479> [is] that God <0426> that shall deliver <07804>
you out of my hands <03028>?
16 Shadrach <07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego
<05665>, answered <06032> and said <0560> to the king
<04430>, O Nebuchadnezzar <05020>, we [are] not careful <
02818> to answer <08421> thee in this <01836> matter <
06600>.
17 If <02006> it be [so], our God <0426> whom <
01768> we serve <06399> is able <03202> to deliver <
07804> us from the burning <03345> fiery <05135> furnace
<0861>, and he will deliver <07804> [us] out of thine hand <
03028>, O king <04430>.
18 But if not, be it known <03046> unto thee, O king <
04430>, that we will not serve <06399> thy gods <0426>, nor
<03809> worship <05457> the golden <01722> image <
06755> which <01768> thou hast set <06966> up.
19. Then <0116> was Nebuchadnezzar <05020> full <
04391> of fury <02528>, and the form <06755> of his visage
<0600> was changed <08133> against <05922> Shadrach <
07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <05665>: [therefore]
he spake <06032>, and commanded <0560> that they should heat
<0228> the furnace <0861> one <02298> seven <07655>
times more <05922> than <01768> it was wont <02370> to
be heated <0228>.
20 And he commanded <0560> the most <02429> mighty
<01401> men <01400> that [were] in his army <02429> to
bind <03729> Shadrach <07715>, Meshach <04336>, and
Abednego <05665>, [and] to cast <07412> [them] into the
burning <03345> fiery <05135> furnace <0861>.
21 Then <0116> these <0479> men <01400> were
bound <03729> in their coats <05622>, their hosen <06361>
, and their hats <03737>, and their [other] garments <03831>,
and were cast <07412> into the midst <01459> of the burning
<03345> fiery <05135> furnace <0861>.
22 Therefore because the king's <04430> commandment <
04406> was urgent <02685>, and the furnace <0861> exceeding
<02493> hot <0228>, the flame <07631> of the fire <
05135> slew <06992> those <0479> men <01400> that
took <05267> up Shadrach <07715>, Meshach <04336>, and
Abednego <05665>.
23 And these <0479> three <08532> men <01400>,
Shadrach <07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <05665>,
fell <05308> down bound <03729> into the midst <01459>
of the burning <03345> fiery <05135> furnace <0861>.
24 Then <0116> Nebuchadnezzar <05020> the king <
04430> was astonied <08429>, and rose <06965> up in haste
<0927>, [and] spake <06032>, and said <0560> unto his
counsellors <01907>, Did not we cast <07412> three <
08532> men <01400> bound <03729> into the midst <
01459> of the fire <05135>? They answered <06032> and said
<0560> unto the king <04430>, True <03330>, O king <
04430>.
25 He answered <06032> and said <0560>, Lo <
01888>, I see <02370> four <0703> men <01400> loose
<08271>, walking <01981> in the midst <01459> of the
fire <05135>, and they have <0383> no <03809> hurt <
02257>; and the form <07299> of the fourth <07244> is like
<01821> the Son <01247> of God <0426>.
26 Then <0116> Nebuchadnezzar <05020> came <
07127> near <07127> to the mouth <08651> of the burning <
03345> fiery <05135> furnace <0861>, [and] spake <
06032>, and said <0560>, Shadrach <07715>, Meshach <
04336>, and Abednego <05665>, ye servants <05649> of the
most <05943> high <05943> God <0426>, come <05312>
forth <05312>, and come <0858> [hither]. Then <0116>
Shadrach <07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <05665>,
came <05312> forth <05312> of the midst <01459> of the
fire <05135>.
27 And the princes <0324>, governors <05461>, and
captains <06347>, and the king's <04430> counsellors <
01907>, being gathered <03673> together, saw <02370> these
<0479> men <01400>, upon whose <01768> bodies <
01655> the fire <05135> had no <03809> power <07981>,
nor <03809> was an hair <08177> of their head <07217>
singed <02761>, neither <03809> were their coats <05622>
changed <08133>, nor <03809> the smell <07382> of fire
<05135> had passed <05709> on them.
28. [Then] Nebuchadnezzar <05020> spake <06032>, and
said <0560>, Blessed <01289> [be] the God <0426> of
Shadrach <07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <05665>,
who <01768> hath sent <07972> his angel <04398>, and
delivered <07804> his servants <05649> that trusted <
07365> in him, and have changed <08133> the king's <04430>
word <04406>, and yielded <03052> their bodies <01655>,
that they might not serve <06399> nor <03809> worship <
05457> any <03606> god <0426>, except <03861> their
own God <0426>.
29 Therefore I make <07761> a decree <02942>, That
every <03606> people <05972>, nation <0524>, and
language <03961>, which <01768> speak <0560> any thing
amiss <07955> against <05922> the God <0426> of Shadrach
<07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <05665>, shall be
cut <05648> in pieces <01917>, and their houses <01005>
shall be made <07739> a dunghill <05122>: because there is no
<03809> other <0321> God <0426> that can <03202>
deliver <05338> after <01863> this <01836> sort.
30 Then <0116> the king <04430> promoted <
06744> Shadrach <07715>, Meshach <04336>, and Abednego <
05665>, in the province <04082> of Babylon <0895>.
Daniel 4
1. Nebuchadnezzar <05020> the king <04430>, unto all
<03606> people <05972>, nations <0524>, and languages
<03961>, that dwell <01753> in all <03606> the earth <
0772>; Peace <08001> be multiplied <07680> unto you.
2 I thought it good <08232> to shew <02324> the
signs <0852> and wonders <08540> that the high <05943>
God <0426> hath wrought <05648> toward <05974> me.
3 How <04101> great <07260> [are] his signs <
0852>! and how <04101> mighty <08624> [are] his wonders <
08540>! his kingdom <04437> [is] an everlasting <05957>
kingdom <04437>, and his dominion <07985> [is] from generation
<01859> to generation <01859>.
4. I Nebuchadnezzar <05020> was at rest <07954> in
mine house <01005>, and flourishing <07487> in my palace <
01965>:
5 I saw <02370> a dream <02493> which made me
afraid <01763>, and the thoughts <02031> upon my bed <
04903> and the visions <02376> of my head <07217> troubled
<0927> me.
6 Therefore made <07761> I a decree <02942> to
bring <05924> in all <03606> the wise <02445> [men] of
Babylon <0895> before <06925> me, that they might make known
<03046> unto me the interpretation <06591> of the dream <
02493>.
7 Then <0116> came <05954> in the magicians <
02749>, the astrologers <0826>, the Chaldeans <03779>, and
the soothsayers <01505>: and I told <0560> the dream <
02493> before <06925> them; but they did not make known <
03046> unto me the interpretation <06591> thereof.
8 But at <05706> the last <0318> Daniel <
01841> came <05954> in before me, whose <01768> name <
08036> [was] Belteshazzar <01096>, according to the name <
08036> of my god <0426>, and in whom <01768> [is] the
spirit <07308> of the holy <06922> gods <0426>: and
before <06925> him I told <0560> the dream <02493>,
[saying],
9 O Belteshazzar <01096>, master <0729> of the
magicians <02749>, because <01768> I know <03046> that
the spirit <07308> of the holy <06922> gods <0426> [is]
in thee, and no secret <07328> troubleth <0598> thee, tell <
0560> me the visions <02376> of my dream <02493> that I
have seen <02370>, and the interpretation <06591> thereof.
10 Thus [were] the visions <02376> of mine head <
07217> in my bed <04903>; I saw <02370>, and behold <
0431> a tree <0363> in the midst <01459> of the earth <
0772>, and the height <07314> thereof [was] great <07690>.
11 The tree <0363> grew <07236>, and was strong <
08631>, and the height <07314> thereof reached <04291> unto
heaven <08065>, and the sight <02379> thereof to the end <
05491> of all <03606> the earth <0772>:
12 The leaves <06074> thereof [were] fair <08509>,
and the fruit <04> thereof much <07690>, and in it [was] meat
<04203> for all <03606>: the beasts <02423> of the field
<01251> had shadow <02927> under <08460> it, and the
fowls <06853> of the heaven <08065> dwelt <01753> in the
boughs <06056> thereof, and all <03606> flesh <01321>
was fed <02110> of it.
13 I saw <02370> in the visions <02376> of my head
<07217> upon my bed <04903>, and, behold <0431>, a
watcher <05894> and an holy <06922> one came <05182>
down <05182> from heaven <08065>;
14 He cried <07123> aloud <02429>, and said <
0560> thus <03652>, Hew <01414> down the tree <0363>,
and cut <07113> off his branches <06056>, shake <05426>
off <0575> his leaves <06074>, and scatter <0921> his
fruit <04>: let the beasts <02423> get <05111> away <
05111> from under <08478> it, and the fowls <06853> from
his branches <06056>:
15 Nevertheless <01297> leave <07662> the stump <
06136> of his roots <08330> in the earth <0772>, even with
a band <0613> of iron <06523> and brass <05174>, in the
tender grass <01883> of the field <01251>; and let it be wet
<06647> with the dew <02920> of heaven <08065>, and
[let] his portion <02508> [be] with the beasts <02423> in the
grass <06211> of the earth <0772>:
16 Let his heart <03825> be changed <08133> from
man's <0606>, and let a beast's <02423> heart <03825> be
given <03052> unto him; and let seven <07655> times <
05732> pass <02499> over <05922> him.
17 This matter <06600> [is] by the decree <01510>
of the watchers <05894>, and the demand <07595> by the word
<03983> of the holy <06922> ones: to the intent <01701>
that the living <02417> may know <03046> that the most <
05943> High <05943> ruleth <07980> in the kingdom <
04437> of men <0606>, and giveth <05415> it to whomsoever
<04479> he will <06634>, and setteth <06966> up over <
05922> it the basest <08215> of men <0606>.
18 This <01836> dream <02493> I king <04430>
Nebuchadnezzar <05020> have seen <02370>. Now thou, O
Belteshazzar <01096>, declare <0560> the interpretation <
06591> thereof, forasmuch as all <03606> the wise <02445>
[men] of my kingdom <04437> are not able <03202> to make known
<03046> unto me the interpretation <06591>: but thou [art]
able <03546>; for the spirit <07308> of the holy <06922>
gods <0426> [is] in thee.
19. Then <0116> Daniel <01841>, whose <01768>
name <08036> [was] Belteshazzar <01096>, was astonied <
08075> for one <02298> hour <08160>, and his thoughts <
07476> troubled <0927> him. The king <04430> spake <
06032>, and said <0560>, Belteshazzar <01096>, let not the
dream <02493>, or the interpretation <06591> thereof, trouble
<0927> thee. Belteshazzar <01096> answered <06032> and
said <0560>, My lord <04756>, the dream <02493> [be] to
them that hate <08131> thee, and the interpretation <06591>
thereof to thine enemies <06146>.
20 The tree <0363> that thou sawest <02370>, which
<01768> grew <07236>, and was strong <08631>, whose
height <07314> reached <04291> unto the heaven <08065>,
and the sight <02379> thereof to all <03606> the earth <
0772>;
21 Whose leaves <06074> [were] fair <08509>, and
the fruit <04> thereof much <07690>, and in it [was] meat <
04203> for all <03606>; under <08460> which the beasts <
02423> of the field <01251> dwelt <01753>, and upon whose
branches <06056> the fowls <06853> of the heaven <08065>
had their habitation <07932>:
22 It [is] thou, O king <04430>, that art grown <
07236> and become <08631> strong <08631>: for thy greatness
<07238> is grown <07236>, and reacheth <04291> unto
heaven <08065>, and thy dominion <07985> to the end <
05491> of the earth <0772>.
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