27:002:009 But if ye will not make known unto me the
dream, there is but
one
decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and
corrupt
words
to speak before me, till the time be changed:
therefore
tell
me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me
the
interpretation
thereof.
27:002:010 The Chaldeans answered before the king,
and said, There is not
a
man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter:
therefore
there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such
things
at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
27:002:011 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth,
and there is
none
other that can shew it before the king, except the
gods,
whose
dwelling is not with flesh.
27:002:012 For this cause the king was angry and very
furious, and
commanded
to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
27:002:013 And the decree went forth that the wise
men should be slain;
and
they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
27:002:014 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom
to Arioch the
captain
of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to
slay the
wise
men of Babylon:
27:002:015 He answered and said to Arioch the king’s
captain, Why is the
decree
so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing
known
to Daniel.
27:002:016 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the
king that he would
give
him time, and that he would shew the king the
interpretation.
27:002:017 Then Daniel went to his house, and made
the thing known to
Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
27:002:018 That they would desire mercies of the God
of heaven concerning
this
secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish
with
the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
27:002:019 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel
in a night vision.
Then
Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
27:002:020 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the
name of God for ever
and
ever: for wisdom and might are his:
27:002:021 And he changeth the times and the seasons:
he removeth kings,
and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise,
and
knowledge
to them that know understanding:
27:002:022 He revealeth the deep and secret things:
he knoweth what is in
the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
27:002:023 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God
of my fathers, who
hast
given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto
me
now
what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made
known unto
us
the king’s matter.


