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 living, but
for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king,
and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31 ¶ 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. 32 This image’s head was of fine gold,
his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron
and part of clay. 34 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. 35 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. 36 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. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of
iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and
partly broken. 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with
miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but
they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with
clay. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the
stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the
clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the
king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and
the interpretation thereof sure. 46 ¶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and
worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation
and sweet odours unto him. 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that
your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of
secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. 48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great
gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and
chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon:
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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 shall bear rule over all the earth.
40
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and
subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it
break in pieces and bruise.
41
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes,part of
potters’ clay, and part of iron, the
kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of
the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
44
And in the days of these kings shall the God
of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in
pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
