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1. In the second year of his reign Nabuchodonosor dreamed a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him.
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1. And in the second H8147 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 dreamed H2492 dreams H2472 , wherewith his spirit H7307 was troubled H6470 , and his sleep H8142 broke H1961 from H5921 him.
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2. And the king gave orders to call the enchanters, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to declare to the king his dreams. And they came and stood before the king.
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2. Then the king H4428 commanded H559 to call H7121 the magicians H2748 , and the astrologers H825 , and the sorcerers H3784 , and the Chaldeans H3778 , for to show H5046 the king H4428 his dreams H2472 . So they came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 the king H4428 .
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3. And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and my spirit was Gr. amazed troubled to know the dream.
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3. And the king H4428 said H559 unto them , I have dreamed H2492 a dream H2472 , and my spirit H7307 was troubled H6470 to know H3045 H853 the dream H2472 .
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4. And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, saying, O king, live for ever: do thou tell the dream to thy servants, and we will declare the interpretation.
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4. Then spoke H1696 the Chaldeans H3778 to the king H4428 in Syriac H762 , O king H4430 , live H2418 forever H5957 : tell H560 thy servants H5649 the dream H2493 , and we will show H2324 the interpretation H6591 .
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5. The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing has departed from me: if ye do not make known to me the dream and the interpretation, ye shall be destroyed, and your houses shall be spoiled.
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5. The king H4430 answered H6032 and said H560 to the Chaldeans H3779 , The thing H4406 is gone H230 from H4481 me: if H2006 ye will not H3809 make known H3046 unto me the dream H2493 , with the interpretation H6591 thereof , ye shall be cut H5648 in pieces H1917 , and your houses H1005 shall be made H7761 a dunghill H5122 .
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6. But if ye make known to me the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and presents and much honour: only tell me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
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6. But if H2006 ye show H2324 the dream H2493 , and the interpretation H6591 thereof , ye shall receive H6902 of H4481 H6925 me gifts H4978 and rewards H5023 and great H7690 honor H3367 : therefore H3861 show H2324 me the dream H2493 , and the interpretation H6591 thereof.
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7. They answered the second time, and said, Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.
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7. They answered H6032 again H8579 and said H560 , Let the king H4430 tell H560 his servants H5649 the dream H2493 , and we will show H2324 the interpretation H6591 of it.
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8. And the king answered and said, I verily know that ye are Gr. redeeming time; or, watching to buy it; See Eph 5:16 trying to gain time, because ye see that the thing has gone from me.
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8. The king H4430 answered H6032 and said H560 , I H576 know H3046 of H4481 certainty H3330 that H1768 ye H608 would gain H2084 the time H5732 , because H3606 H6903 H1768 ye see H2370 H1768 the thing H4406 is gone H230 from H4481 me.
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9. If then ye do not tell me the dream, I know that ye have concerted to utter before me a false and corrupt tale, until the time shall have past: tell me my dream, and I shall know that ye will also declare to me the interpretation thereof.
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9. But H1768 if H2006 ye will not H3809 make known H3046 unto me the dream H2493 , there is but one H2298 decree H1882 for you : for ye have prepared H2164 lying H3538 and corrupt H7844 words H4406 to speak H560 before H6925 me, till H5705 H1768 the time H5732 be changed H8133 : therefore H3861 tell H560 me the dream H2493 , and I shall know H3046 that H1768 ye can show H2324 me the interpretation H6591 thereof.
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10. The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king’s matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean.
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10. The Chaldeans H3779 answered H6032 before H6925 the king H4430 , and said H560 , There is H383 not H3809 a man H606 upon H5922 the earth H3007 that H1768 can H3202 show H2324 the king H4430 's matter H4406 : therefore H3606 H6903 H1768 there is no H3809 H3606 king H4430 , lord H7229 , nor ruler H7990 , that asked H7593 such things H1836 at any H3606 magician H2749 , or astrologer H826 , or Chaldean H3779 .
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11. For the question which the king asks is difficult, and there is no one else who shall answer it before the king, but the gods, whose dwelling is not with any flesh.
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11. And it is a rare H3358 thing H4406 that H1768 the king H4430 requireth H7593 , and there is H383 none H3809 other H321 that H1768 can show H2324 it before H6925 the king H4430 , except H3861 the gods H426 , whose H1768 dwelling H4070 is H383 not H3809 with H5974 flesh H1321 .
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12. Then the king in rage and anger commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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12. For this cause H3606 H6903 H1836 the king H4430 was angry H1149 and very H7690 furious H7108 , and commanded H560 to destroy H7 all H3606 the wise H2445 men of Babylon H895 .
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13. So the decree went forth, and they began to slay the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to slay them.
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13. And the decree H1882 went forth H5312 that the wise H2445 men should be slain H6992 ; and they sought H1156 Daniel H1841 and his fellows H2269 to be slain H6992 .
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14. Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the See note on Ge 39:1 captain of the royal guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon; saying,
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14. Then H116 Daniel H1841 answered H8421 with counsel H5843 and wisdom H2942 to Arioch H746 the captain H7229 of H1768 the king H4430 's guard H2877 , which H1768 was gone forth H5312 to slay H6992 the wise H2445 men of Babylon H895 :
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15. Chief magistrate of the king, wherefore has the preemptory command proceeded from the king? So Arioch made known the matter to Daniel.
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15. He answered H6032 and said H560 to Arioch H746 the king H1768 H4430 's captain H7990 , Why H5922 H4101 is the decree H1882 so hasty H2685 from H4481 H6925 the king H4430 ? Then H116 Arioch H746 made the thing known H3046 H4406 to Daniel H1841 .
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16. And Daniel intreated the king to give him time, and that he might thus declare to the king the interpretation of it.
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16. Then Daniel H1841 went in H5954 , and desired H1156 of H4481 the king H4430 that H1768 he would give H5415 him time H2166 , and that he would show H2324 the king H4430 the interpretation H6591 .
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17. So Daniel went into his house, and made known the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias, his friends.
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17. Then H116 Daniel H1841 went H236 to his house H1005 , and made the thing known H3046 H4406 to Hananiah H2608 , Mishael H4333 , and Azariah H5839 , his companions H2269 :
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18. And they sought mercies from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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18. That they would desire H1156 mercies H7359 of H4481 H6925 the God H426 of heaven H8065 concerning H5922 this H1836 secret H7328 ; that H1768 Daniel H1841 and his fellows H2269 should not H3809 perish H7 with H5974 the rest H7606 of the wise H2445 men of Babylon H895 .
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19. Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night; and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, and said,
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19. Then H116 was the secret H7328 revealed H1541 unto Daniel H1841 in a night H1768 H3916 vision H2376 . Then H116 Daniel H1841 blessed H1289 the God H426 of heaven H8065 .
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20. May the name of God be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting: for wisdom and understanding are his.
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20. Daniel H1841 answered H6032 and said H560 , Blessed H1289 be H1934 the name H8036 of H1768 God H426 forever and ever H4481 H5957 H5705 H5957 : for H1768 wisdom H2452 and might H1370 are his:
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21. And he changes times and seasons: he appoints kings, and removes them, giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding:
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21. And he H1932 changeth H8133 the times H5732 and the seasons H2166 : he removeth H5709 kings H4430 , and setteth up H6966 kings H4430 : he giveth H3052 wisdom H2452 unto the wise H2445 , and knowledge H4486 to them that know H3046 understanding H999 :
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22. he reveals deep and secret matters; knowing what is in darkness, and the light is with him.
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22. He H1932 revealeth H1541 the deep H5994 and secret things H5642 : he knoweth H3046 what H4101 is in the darkness H2816 , and the light H5094 dwelleth H8271 with H5974 him.
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23. I give thanks to thee, and praise thee, O God of my fathers, for thou has given me wisdom and power, and has made known to me the things which we asked of thee; and thou has made known to me the king’s vision.
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23. I H576 thank H3029 thee , and praise H7624 thee , O thou God H426 of my fathers H2 , who H1768 hast given H3052 me wisdom H2452 and might H1370 , and hast made known H3046 unto me now H3705 what H1768 we desired H1156 of H4481 thee: for H1768 thou hast now made known H3046 unto us the king H4430 's matter H4406 .
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24. And Daniel came to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon, but bring me in before the king, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.
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24. Therefore H3606 H6903 H1836 Daniel H1841 went in H5954 unto H5922 Arioch H746 , whom H1768 the king H4430 had ordained H4483 to destroy H7 the wise H2445 men of Babylon H895 : he went H236 and said H560 thus H3652 unto him; Destroy H7 not H409 the wise H2445 men of Babylon H895 : bring me in H5924 before H6925 the king H4430 , and I will show H2324 unto the king H4430 the interpretation H6591 .
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25. Then Arioch in haste brought in Daniel before the king, and said to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judea, who will declare the interpretation to the king.
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25. Then H116 Arioch H746 brought in H5954 Daniel H1841 before H6925 the king H4430 in haste H927 , and said H560 thus H3652 unto him , I have found H7912 a man H1400 of H4481 the captives H1123 H1547 of H1768 Judah H3061 , that H1768 will make known H3046 unto the king H4430 the interpretation H6591 .
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26. And the king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltasar, Canst thou declare to me the dream which I saw, and the interpretation thereof?
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26. The king H4430 answered H6032 and said H560 to Daniel H1841 , whose H1768 name H8036 was Belteshazzar H1096 , Art H383 thou able H3546 to make known H3046 unto me the dream H2493 which H1768 I have seen H2370 , and the interpretation H6591 thereof?
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27. And Daniel answered before the king, and said, The mystery which the king asks the explanation of is not in the power of the wise men, magicians, enchanters, or soothsayers to declare to the king.
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27. Daniel H1841 answered H6032 in the presence of H6925 the king H4430 , and said H560 , The secret H7328 which H1768 the king H4430 hath demanded H7593 cannot H3202 H3809 the wise H2445 men , the astrologers H826 , the magicians H2749 , the soothsayers H1505 , show H2324 unto the king H4430 ;
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28. But there is a God in heaven revealing mysteries, and he has made known to king Nabuchodonosor what things must come to pass in the last days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are as follows,
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28. But H1297 there is H383 a God H426 in heaven H8065 that revealeth H1541 secrets H7328 , and maketh known H3046 to the king H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 what H4101 H1768 shall be H1934 in the latter H320 days H3118 . Thy dream H2493 , and the visions H2376 of thy head H7217 upon H5922 thy bed H4903 , are these H1836 ;
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29. O king: thy thoughts upon thy bed arose as to what must come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals mysteries has made known to thee what must come to pass.
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29. As for thee H607 , O king H4430 , thy thoughts H7476 came H5559 into thy mind upon H5922 thy bed H4903 , what H4101 H1768 should come to pass H1934 hereafter H311 H1836 : and he that revealeth H1541 secrets H7328 maketh known H3046 to thee what H4101 H1768 shall come to pass H1934 .
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30. Moreover, this mystery has not been revealed to me by reason of wisdom which is in me beyond all others living, but for the sake of making known the interpretation to the king, that thou mightest know the thoughts of thine heart.
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30. But as for me H576 , this H1836 secret H7328 is not H3809 revealed H1541 to me for any wisdom H2452 that H1768 I have H383 more than H4481 any H3606 living H2417 , but H3861 for their sakes H5922 H1701 that H1768 shall make known H3046 the interpretation H6591 to the king H4430 , and that thou mightest know H3046 the thoughts H7476 of thy heart H3825 .
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31. Thou, O king, sawest, and behold Lit. one image an image: that image was great, and the appearance of it excellent, standing before thy face; and the form of it was terrible.
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31. Thou H607 , O king H4430 , sawest H2370 H1934 , and behold H431 a H2298 great H7690 image H6755 . This H1797 great H7229 image H6755 , whose brightness H2122 was excellent H3493 , stood H6966 before H6903 thee ; and the form H7299 thereof was terrible H1763 .
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32. It was an image, the head of which was of fine gold, its hands and breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of brass,
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32. This H1932 image H6755 's head H7217 was of H1768 fine H2869 gold H1722 , his breast H2306 and his arms H1872 of H1768 silver H3702 , his belly H4577 and his thighs H3410 of H1768 brass H5174 ,
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33. its legs of iron, its feet, part of iron and part of earthenware.
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33. His legs H8243 of H1768 iron H6523 , his feet H7271 part H4481 of H1768 iron H6523 and part H4481 of H1768 clay H2635 .
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34. Thou sawest until a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and earthenware, and utterly reduced them to powder.
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34. Thou sawest H2370 H1934 till H5705 that H1768 a stone H69 was cut out H1505 without H1768 H3809 hands H3028 , which smote H4223 the image H6755 upon H5922 his feet H7271 that were of H1768 iron H6523 and clay H2635 , and broke them to pieces H1855 H1994 .
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35. Then once for all the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold, were ground to powder, and became as Or, dust, or, cloud of dust chaff from the summer threshingfloor; and the violence of the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them: and the stone which had smitten the image became a great mountain, and filled all the earth.
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35. Then H116 was the iron H6523 , the clay H2635 , the brass H5174 , the silver H3702 , and the gold H1722 , broken to pieces H1751 together H2298 , and became H1934 like the chaff H5784 of H4481 the summer H7007 threshingfloors H147 ; and the wind H7308 carried them away H5376 H1994 , that no H3809 H3606 place H870 was found H7912 for them : and the stone H69 that H1768 smote H4223 the image H6755 became H1934 a great H7229 mountain H2906 , and filled H4391 the whole H3606 earth H772 .
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36. This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
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36. This H1836 is the dream H2493 ; and we will tell H560 the interpretation H6591 thereof before H6925 the king H4430 .
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37. Thou, O king, art a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given a powerful and strong and honourable kingdom,
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37. Thou H607 , O king H4430 , art a king H4430 of kings H4430 : for H1768 the God H426 of heaven H8065 hath given H3052 thee a kingdom H4437 , power H2632 , and strength H8632 , and glory H3367 .
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38. in every place where the children of men dwell: and he has given into thine hand the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and he has made thee lord of all.
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38. And wheresoever H3606 H1768 the children H1123 of men H606 dwell H1753 , the beasts H2423 of the field H1251 and the fowls H5776 of the heaven H8065 hath he given H3052 into thine hand H3028 , and hath made thee ruler H7981 over them all H3606 . Thou H607 art this H1932 head H7217 of H1768 gold H1722 .
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39. Thou art the head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and a third kingdom which is the brass, which shall have dominion over all the earth;
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39. And after H870 thee shall arise H6966 another H317 kingdom H4437 inferior H772 to H4481 thee , and another H317 third H8523 kingdom H4437 of H1768 brass H5174 , which H1768 shall bear rule H7981 over all H3606 the earth H772 .
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40. and a fourth kingdom, which shall be strong as iron: as iron beats to powder and subdues all things, so shall it beat to powder and subdue.
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40. And the fourth H7244 kingdom H4437 shall be H1934 strong H8624 as iron H6523 : forasmuch as H3606 H6903 H1768 iron H6523 breaketh in pieces H1855 and subdueth H2827 all H3606 things : and as iron H6523 that H1768 breaketh H7490 all H3606 these H459 , shall it break in pieces H1855 and bruise H7490 .
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41. And whereas thou sawest the feet and the toes, part of earthenware and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet there shall be in Gr. of the iron root it of the strength of iron, as thou sawest the iron mixed with earthenware.
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41. And whereas H1768 thou sawest H2370 the feet H7271 and toes H677 , part H4481 of H1768 potters H6353 ' clay H2635 , and part H4481 of iron H6523 , the kingdom H4437 shall be H1934 divided H6386 ; but there shall be H1934 in it of H4481 the strength H5326 of H1768 the iron H6523 , forasmuch as H3606 H6903 H1768 thou sawest H2370 the iron H6523 mixed H6151 with miry H2917 clay H2635 .
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42. And whereas the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of earthenware, part of the kingdom shall be strong, and part of it shall be broken.
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42. And as the toes H677 of the feet H7271 were part H4481 of iron H6523 , and part H4481 of clay H2635 , so the kingdom H4437 shall be H1934 partly H4481 H7118 strong H8624 , and partly H4481 broken H8406 .
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43. Whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with earthenware, they shall be mingled with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave together, as the iron does not mix itself with earthenware.
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43. And whereas H1768 thou sawest H2370 iron H6523 mixed H6151 with miry H2917 clay H2635 , they shall H1934 mingle themselves H6151 with the seed H2234 of men H606 : but they shall H1934 not H3809 cleave H1693 one H1836 to H5974 another H1836 , even as H1888 H1768 iron H6523 is not H3809 mixed H6151 with H5974 clay H2635 .
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44. And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and his kingdom shall not be left to another people, but it shall beat to pieces and grind to powder all other kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
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44. And in the days H3118 of H1768 these H581 kings H4430 shall the God H426 of heaven H8065 set up H6966 a kingdom H4437 , which H1768 shall never H3809 H5957 be destroyed H2255 : and the kingdom H4437 shall not H3809 be left H7662 to other H321 people H5972 , but it shall break in pieces H1855 and consume H5487 all H3606 these H459 kingdoms H4437 , and it H1932 shall stand H6966 forever H5957 .
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45. Whereas thou sawest that a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it beat to pieces the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold; the great God has made known to the king what must happen hereafter: and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof sure.
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45. Forasmuch as H3606 H6903 H1768 thou sawest H2370 that H1768 the stone H69 was cut out H1505 of the mountain H4481 H2906 without H1768 H3809 hands H3028 , and that it broke in pieces H1855 the iron H6523 , the brass H5174 , the clay H2635 , the silver H3702 , and the gold H1722 ; the great H7229 God H426 hath made known H3046 to the king H4430 what H4101 H1768 shall come to pass H1934 hereafter H311 H1836 : and the dream H2493 is certain H3330 , and the interpretation H6591 thereof sure H540 .
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46. Then king Nabuchodonosor fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and gave orders to offer to him gifts and incense.
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46. Then H116 the king H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 fell H5308 upon H5922 his face H600 , and worshiped H5457 Daniel H1841 , and commanded H560 that they should offer H5260 an oblation H4061 and sweet odors H5208 unto him.
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47. And the king answered and said to Daniel, Of a truth your God is a God of gods, and Lord of kings, who reveals mysteries; for thou has been able to reveal this mystery.
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47. The king H4430 answered H6032 unto Daniel H1841 , and said H560 , Of H4481 a truth H7187 it is , that H1768 your God H426 is a God H426 of gods H426 , and a Lord H4756 of kings H4430 , and a revealer H1541 of secrets H7328 , seeing H1768 thou couldest H3202 reveal H1541 this H1836 secret H7328 .
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48. And the king promoted Daniel, and gave him great and abundant gifts, and set him over the whole province of Babylon, and made him chief satrap over all the wise men of Babylon.
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48. Then H116 the king H4430 made Daniel a great man H7236 H1841 , and gave H3052 him many H7690 great H7260 gifts H4978 , and made him ruler H7981 over H5922 the whole H3606 province H4083 of Babylon H895 , and chief H7229 of the governors H5460 over H5922 all H3606 the wise H2445 men of Babylon H895 .
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49. And Daniel asked of the king, and he appointed Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the king’s palace.
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49. Then Daniel H1841 requested H1156 of H4481 the king H4430 , and he set H4483 Shadrach H7715 , Meshach H4336 , and Abed H5665 -nego, over H5922 the affairs H5673 of H1768 the province H4083 of Babylon H895 : but Daniel H1841 sat in the gate H8651 of the king H4430 .
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