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Ecclesiastes Chapter 2

1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar

2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the

3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit

4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for

5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone

6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall

7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the

8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain

9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one

10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a

11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none

12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded

13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and

14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the

16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give

17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to

19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then

20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and

23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast

24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained

25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said

26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was

30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom

31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image,

32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of

34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,

36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof

37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath

38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the

39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and

40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron

41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay,

42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay,

43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall

44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a

45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the

46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped

47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that

48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great

49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach,