Daniel 2:5

Translations

Modern

The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

Traditional

The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

Literal

The king answered and said to the astrologers, “The word from me is firm: If you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut into limbs, and your houses shall be made a dunghill!

Latin

Et respondens rex ait Chaldæis: Sermo recessit a me: nisi indicaveritis mihi somnium, et conjecturam ejus, peribitis vos, et domus vestræ publicabuntur.

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English

The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

Notes

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

Prophecies of Danielc. 606 BC

Related verses

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Deuteronomy 13:16
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But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
Joshua 6:26
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Places

Chaldea: Ancient Mesopotamian empire; known for astrology and wisdom

Glossary

Aramaic Book of Daniel Book of Jeremiah Enchantment Interpreter Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar

Topics

Government: Monarchical by Nebuchadnezzar Houses of Criminals, Desolated Magician: Nebuchadnezzars Punishments: Capital Kinds of Cutting in Pieces Rulers: Wicked: Nebuchadnezzar, Commanding to Destroy the Wise Men

Daniel 2:5

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