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He told his servants that they must bring the magicians, enchanters,[a] diviners and wise men to him. He wanted them to explain his dream. So they came in and they stood in front of the king. Then the king said to them, ‘I have had a dream that gives me trouble in my mind. I want to know what the dream means.’

Then the wise men answered the king. (This is in the Aramaic language.[b]) They said, ‘King, live for ever! We are your servants. Tell us the dream. Then we will tell you what it means.’

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Footnotes

  1. 2:2 An enchanter tries to make things happen by speaking magic words.
  2. 2:4 From here, through to Daniel 7:28, the book is written in the Aramaic language, instead of Hebrew.