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Daniel 2

Daniel 2:29

Daniel Interprets the Dream · Daniel 2:24–45
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Translations

Modern
As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.
Traditional
As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
Literal
To you, O king, your thought on your bed came up what would come to be after this; and the One revealing secrets has made known to you what will come to pass.
Latin
Tu, rex, cogitare cœpisti in strato tuo, quid esset futurum post hæc: et qui revelat mysteria, ostendit tibi quæ ventura sunt.

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Hebrew
English
As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.

Notes

Daniel 2:29–30

God revealed the future to the king. Nebuchadnezzar was very interested in history. He studied the past and wanted to be part of history's future. God wanted Nebuchadnezzar to understand how history would develop. God may have wanted him to see that Israel’s God, the God of heaven, is the God who rules over all history.

Daniel 2:1–49

God gave a dream that showed the course of world history over the centuries, and Daniel explained its mysterious images. This dream and its interpretation highlight a key theme of the book—the certain final establishment of the kingdom of God as the ultimate goal of history (Daniel 2:44–45; 7:9–14, 26–27). This chapter also shows that paganism cannot understand the actions and plans of Israel’s God.

Daniel 2:1–6:28

This section contains stories and dreams from the experiences of Daniel and his friends in Babylon. Daniel used his special gift to understand dreams and showed great skill in the study of literature and science (Daniel 1:17). Chapter 2 provides a broad overview of history until God's kingdom appears (Daniel 2:44–49). Daniel 3–6 describes the fall of Babylon and the rise of Persia. History is moving toward a clear goal. That goal is the everlasting kingdom of God (Daniel 2:44; 4:2–3, 34; 6:26).

Theme notes and profiles

Babylon Daniel Nebuchadnezzar II Four World Empires

Events

Glossary

Aramaic Book of Daniel Book of Jeremiah Interpreter Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar Prophecy Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Topics

Babylon: City of Prophecies Concerning Dream: Daniel Dreams: God the Only Interpreter of God: Foreknowledge of Interpreter of Dreams