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Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>The king replied to the Chaldeans, The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>They answered a second time and said, Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>The king replied, I know for certain that you are bargaining for time, inasmuch as you have seen that the command from me is firm, <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>The Chaldeans answered the king and said, There is not a man on earth who could declare the matter for the king, inasmuch as no great king or ruler has <i>ever</i> asked anything like this of any magician, conjurer or Chaldean. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Moreover, the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with <i>mortal</i> flesh. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Because of this the king became indignant and very furious and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill <i>them.</i> <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the kings bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon; <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>he said to Arioch, the kings commander, For what reason is the decree from the king <i>so</i> urgent? Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>So Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him time, in order that he might declare the interpretation to the king. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Daniel went to his house and informed his friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, about the matter, <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Secret Is Revealed to Daniel</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven; <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Daniel said,<br>         Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever,<br>         For wisdom and power belong to Him. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>It is He who changes the times and the epochs;<br>         He removes kings and establishes kings;<br>         He gives wisdom to wise men<br>         And knowledge to men of understanding. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things;<br>         He knows what is in the darkness,<br>         And the light dwells with Him. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise,<br>         For You have given me wisdom and power;<br>         Even now You have made known to me what we requested of You,<br>         For You have made known to us the kings matter. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore, Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and spoke to him as follows: Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Take me into the kings presence, and I will declare the interpretation to the king. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel into the kings presence and spoke to him as follows: I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can make the interpretation known to the king! <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>The king said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and its interpretation? <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>Daniel answered before the king and said, As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians <i>nor</i> diviners are able to declare <i>it</i> to the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind <i>while</i> on your bed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>As for you, O king, <i>while</i> on your bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in the future; and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will take place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than <i>in</i> any <i>other</i> living man, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Kings Dream</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>The head of that statue <i>was made</i> of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The InterpretationBabylon the First Kingdom</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>This <i>was</i> the dream; now we will tell its interpretation before the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory; <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>and wherever the sons of men dwell, <i>or</i> the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given <i>them</i> into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Medo-Persia and Greece</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>After you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you, then another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Rome</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potters clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span><i>As</i> the toes of the feet <i>were</i> partly of iron and partly of pottery, <i>so</i> some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Divine Kingdom</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and <i>that</i> kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Daniel Promoted</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and did homage to Daniel, and gave orders to present to him an offering and fragrant incense. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>The king answered Daniel and said, Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-48.htm" target="_top"><b>48</b></a></span>Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/2-49.htm" target="_top"><b>49</b></a></span>And Daniel made request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego over the administration of the province of Babylon, while Daniel <i>was</i> at the kings court. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy servants thy dream, and we will declare the interpretation thereof. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/daniel/2.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriac, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the Chaldeans speak to the king in Aramaean, 'O king, to the ages live, tell the dream to thy servants, and the interpretation we do shew.'<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_image_and_the_stone.htm">The Image and the Stone</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 37. Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath He given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 39. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_image_and_the_stone.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/moody/that_gospel_sermon_on_the_blessed_hope/book_&_tract_catalogue.htm">Book and Tract Catalogue. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION. BY I. C. WELLCOME AND C. GOUD. "The Plan of Redemption is an earnest book, evidently prepared after no little study, and with a conscientious desire to advance the cause of Christ. The Bible is made the basis of argument; it contains many fresh and well considered suggestions. The careful reader will find much that is valuable."--Watchman and Reflector. "This treatise aims to serve up the gospel scheme in a compact form. It states the plan and work well, and usually correctly. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/moody/that_gospel_sermon_on_the_blessed_hope/book_&_tract_catalogue.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Dwight L. Moody—</span><span class="citation2">That Gospel Sermon on the Blessed Hope</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_1/editors_preface.htm">Editor's Preface</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Professor Maspero does not need to be introduced to us. His name is well known in England and America as that of one of the chief masters of Egyptian science as well as of ancient Oriental history and archaeology. Alike as a philologist, a historian, and an archaeologist, he occupies a foremost place in the annals of modern knowledge and research. He possesses that quick apprehension and fertility of resource without which the decipherment of ancient texts is impossible, and he also possesses a sympathy <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_1/editors_preface.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">G. Maspero—</span><span class="citation2">History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 1</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/duff/the_bible_in_its_making/chapter_v_the_scattering_of.htm">The Scattering of the People</a><br></span><span class="snippet">[Illustration: (drop cap A) The Fish-god of Assyria and Babylonia] At last the full punishment for their many sins fell upon God's chosen people. The words of warning written in the fifth book of Moses had told them plainly that if they turned aside and worshipped the wicked idol-gods of Canaan, the Lord would take their country from them and drive them out into strange lands. Yet again and again they had yielded to temptation. And now the day of reckoning had come. Nebuchadnezzar, the great king <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/duff/the_bible_in_its_making/chapter_v_the_scattering_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Mildred Duff—</span><span class="citation2">The Bible in its Making</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_41_the_fiery_furnace.htm">The Fiery Furnace</a><br></span><span class="snippet">[This chapter is based on Daniel 3.] The dream of the great image, opening before Nebuchadnezzar events reaching to the close of time, had been given that he might understand the part he was to act in the world's history, and the relation that his kingdom should sustain to the kingdom of heaven. In the interpretation of the dream, he had been plainly instructed regarding the establishment of God's everlasting kingdom. "In the days of these kings," Daniel had declared, "shall the God of heaven set <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_41_the_fiery_furnace.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Story of Prophets and Kings</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/moody/that_gospel_sermon_on_the_blessed_hope/that_gospel_sermon_on_the.htm">That Gospel Sermon on the Blessed Hope</a><br></span><span class="snippet">In 2 Timothy, 3:16, Paul declares: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;" but there are some people who tell us when we take up prophecy that it is all very well to be believed, but that there is no use in one trying to understand it; these future events are things that the church does not agree about, and it is better to let them alone, and deal only with those prophecies which have already been <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/moody/that_gospel_sermon_on_the_blessed_hope/that_gospel_sermon_on_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Dwight L. Moody—</span><span class="citation2">That Gospel Sermon on the Blessed Hope</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gregory/the_epistles_of_saint_gregory_the_great/epistle_xliii_to_eulogius_and.htm">Epistle Xliii. To Eulogius and Anastasius, Bishops. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">To Eulogius and Anastasius, Bishops. Gregory to Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria, and Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch. When the excellent preacher says, As long as I am the apostle of the Gentiles I will honour my ministry (Rom. xi. 13); saying again in another place, We became as babes among you (1 Thess. ii. 7), he undoubtedly shews an example to us who come after him, that we should retain humility in our minds, and yet keep in honour the dignity of our order, so that neither should our humility be <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gregory/the_epistles_of_saint_gregory_the_great/epistle_xliii_to_eulogius_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Gregory the Great—</span><span class="citation2">the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/16_a_description_of_heart-purity.htm">A Description of Heart-Purity</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 The holy God, who is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity' calls here for heart-purity, and to such as are adorned with this jewel, he promises a glorious and beatifical vision of himself: they shall see God'. Two things are to be explained the nature of purity; the subject of purity. 1 The nature of purity. Purity is a sacred refined thing. It stands diametrically opposed to whatsoever defiles. We must distinguish the various kinds <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/16_a_description_of_heart-purity.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/5_the_wisdom_of_god.htm">The Wisdom of God</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The next attribute is God's wisdom, which is one of the brightest beams of the Godhead. He is wise in heart.' Job 9:9. The heart is the seat of wisdom. Cor in Hebraeo sumitur pro judicio. Pineda. Among the Hebrews, the heart is put for wisdom.' Let men of understanding tell me:' Job 34:44: in the Hebrew, Let men of heart tell me.' God is wise in heart, that is, he is most wise. God only is wise; he solely and wholly possesses all wisdom; therefore he is called, the only wise God.' I Tim 1:17. All <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/5_the_wisdom_of_god.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Body of Divinity</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/arnot/the_parables_of_our_lord/xi_the_wicked_husbandmen.htm">The Wicked Husbandmen. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/arnot/the_parables_of_our_lord/xi_the_wicked_husbandmen.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">William Arnot—</span><span class="citation2">The Parables of Our Lord</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_40_nebuchadnezzars_dream.htm">Nebuchadnezzar's Dream</a><br></span><span class="snippet">[This chapter is based on Daniel 2.] Soon after Daniel and his companions entered the service of the king of Babylon, events occurred that revealed to an idolatrous nation the power and faithfulness of the God of Israel. Nebuchadnezzar had a remarkable dream, by which "his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him." But although the king's mind was deeply impressed, he found it impossible, when he awoke, to recall the particulars. 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