he said to them, “I have had a dream and am anxious to understand it.”

The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic[a](A) begins here): “May the king live forever.(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

The king replied to the Chaldeans, “My word is final: If you don’t tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb,[b] and your houses will be made a garbage dump.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:4 Dn 2:4–7:28 is written in Aramaic.
  2. 2:5 Lit be made into limbs

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