Daniel 2:3-5
English Standard Version
3 And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and (A)my spirit is troubled to know the dream.” 4 Then (B)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (C)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” 5 The king answered and said to (D)the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be (E)torn limb from limb, (F)and your (G)houses shall be laid in ruins.
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- Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic
Daniel 2:3-5
New American Standard Bible
3 The king said to them, “I [a](A)had a dream, and my spirit [b]is anxious to [c]understand the dream.”
4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in [d](B)Aramaic: “(C)O king, live forever! (D)Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” 5 The king replied to the Chaldeans, “The command [e]from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be [f](E)torn limb from limb and your houses will be turned into a rubbish heap.
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- Daniel 2:3 Lit dreamed
- Daniel 2:3 Lit was troubled
- Daniel 2:3 Lit know
- Daniel 2:4 The text is in Aramaic from here through 7:28
- Daniel 2:5 Another reading is is issued by me
- Daniel 2:5 Lit turned into limbs
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