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Daniel 2:4-6
World English Bible
Daniel 2:4-6
World English Bible
4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
5 The king answered the Chaldeans, “The thing has gone from me. If you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill. 6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.”
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Daniel 2:4-6
New International Version
Daniel 2:4-6
New International Version
4 Then the astrologers answered the king,[a](A) “May the king live forever!(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”
5 The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided:(C) If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces(D) and your houses turned into piles of rubble.(E) 6 But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor.(F) So tell me the dream and interpret it for me.”
Footnotes
- Daniel 2:4 At this point the Hebrew text has in Aramaic, indicating that the text from here through the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic.
Daniel 2:4-6
King James Version
Daniel 2:4-6
King James Version
4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
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Daniel 2:4-6
New King James Version
Daniel 2:4-6
New King James Version
4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, (A)“O[a] king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My [b]decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be (B)cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap. 6 (C)However, if you tell the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation.”
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- Daniel 2:4 The original language of Daniel 2:4b through 7:28 is Aramaic.
- Daniel 2:5 The command
Daniel 2:4-6
English Standard Version
Daniel 2:4-6
English Standard Version
4 Then (A)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (B)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” 5 The king answered and said to (C)the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be (D)torn limb from limb, (E)and your (F)houses shall be laid in ruins. 6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, (G)you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. (H)Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.”
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- Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic
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