Daniel 2:5-13

5 The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble.

6 But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me.”

7 Once more they replied, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

8 Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided:

9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is just one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.”

10 The astrologers answered the king, “There is not a man on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.

11 What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among men.”

12 This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon.

13 So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

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Cross References for Daniel 2:5-13

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Daniel 3:29 - Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God o... Click to read the verse Daniel 3:29 Click to read the verse Daniel 3:29

Deuteronomy 13:16 - Gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 13:16 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 13:16

Psalms 50:22 - “Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue: Click to read the verse Psalms 50:22 Click to read the verse Psalms 50:22

Psalms 58:7 - Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted. Click to read the verse Psalms 58:7 Click to read the verse Psalms 58:7

Daniel 2:12 - This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Ba... Click to read the verse Daniel 2:12 Click to read the verse Daniel 2:12

Ezra 6:11 - Furthermore, I decree that if anyone changes this edict, a beam is to be pulled from his house ... Click to read the verse Ezra 6:11 Click to read the verse Ezra 6:11

Daniel 3:6 - Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.” Click to read the verse Daniel 3:6 Click to read the verse Daniel 3:6