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till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the
interpretation thereof.
10
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can
shew the king’s matter: therefore
there is
no king, lord, nor ruler,
that
asked such things at any
magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
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And
it is
a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is
none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise
men
of Babylon.
13
And the decree went forth that the wise
men
should be slain; and they sought Daniel
and his fellows to be slain.
14
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard,
which was gone forth to slay the wise
men
of Babylon:
15
He answered and said to Arioch the king’s
captain, Why
is
the decree
so
hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew
the king the interpretation.
17
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and PrAzariah, his companions:
18
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven
concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise
men
of Babylon.
19
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of
heaven.
20
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom
and might are his:
21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth
up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22
He
revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what
is
in the darkness, and the light dwelleth
with him.
23
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom
and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast
now
made
known unto us the king’s matter.
24
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise
men
of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise
men
of Babylon: bring me in
before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
25
Then Arioch brought in Daniel
before the king in haste and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that
will make known unto the king the interpretation.
26
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose
name
was
Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and
the interpretation thereof?
27
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret
which the king hath demanded cannot the wise
men,
the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers,
shew unto the king;
28
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to
the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head
upon thy bed, are these;
29
As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came
into thy mind
upon thy bed, what
should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come
to pass.
30
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for
any
wisdom that I have more than any
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