Daniel 2:2-4

The Voice

²So the king sent for his usual advisors—magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and other Chaldean wise men—to come and help him understand the dream. They came and stood before the troubled king.

Nebuchadnezzar (to his advisors): ³I’ve had a dream that has disturbed me. I know I am not going to have any peace until I know what it means.

Wise Men (in Aramaic):^[a] ⁴Long live the king! We are your servants. Tell us your dream, and we will tell you what it means.

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Footnotes

2:4 The language shifts from Hebrew to Aramaic through 7:28. This was the language of commerce and diplomacy in the ancient Near East that became the spoken language of the Jews and displaced Hebrew after their return from Babylon in the late sixth century b.c.