Daniel

This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

This image"s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

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.

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;

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;

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?

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.

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.

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.

He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

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:

Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:

Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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.

Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

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.

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:

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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.

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.

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.