Book of Daniel

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Daniel 1:14 (KJV) So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

 

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Daniel 1:15 (KJV) And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

 

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Daniel 1:16
16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.

 

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Daniel 1:17
17 To those four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.

 

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Daniel 1:18
18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

 

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Daniel 1:19
19 The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's service.

 

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Daniel 1:20
20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

 

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Daniel 1:21
21 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.

 

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Daniel 2:1 (KJV) And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

 

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Daniel 2:2 (KJV) Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

 

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Daniel 2:3 (KJV) And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

 

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Daniel 2:4 (KJV) Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

 

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Daniel 2:5 (KJV) 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.

 

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Daniel 2:6 (KJV) But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

 

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Daniel 2:7 (KJV) They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

 

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Daniel 2:8 (KJV) The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

 

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Daniel 2:9 (KJV) 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.

 

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Daniel 2:10
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.

 

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Daniel 2:11 (KJV) 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.

 

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Daniel 2:12 (CEV)

This made the king so angry that he gave orders for every wise man in Babylonia to be put to death,