I said to the king, (A)“Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, (B)when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

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but I said to the king, “May the king live forever!(A) Why should my face not look sad when the city(B) where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?(C)

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Then (A)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (B)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”

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  1. Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic

Then the astrologers answered the king,[a](A) “May the king live forever!(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

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  1. Daniel 2:4 At this point the Hebrew text has in Aramaic, indicating that the text from here through the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic.

They declared[a] to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

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  1. Daniel 3:9 Aramaic answered and said; also verses 24, 26

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever!(A)

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10 The queen,[a] because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, (A)“O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you (B)or your color change.

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  1. Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother; twice in this verse

10 The queen,[a] hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. “May the king live forever!”(A) she said. “Don’t be alarmed! Don’t look so pale!

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  1. Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother

Then these (A)high officials and (B)satraps came by agreement[a] to the king and said to him, “O (C)King Darius, live forever!

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  1. Daniel 6:6 Or came thronging; also verses 11, 15

So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!(A)

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21 Then Daniel said to the king, (A)“O king, live forever!

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21 Daniel answered, “May the king live forever!(A)

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