Daniel 2:2
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Then the king [a]gave orders to call in the [b](A)magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the [c]Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
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- Daniel 2:2 Lit said to call
- Daniel 2:2 Or soothsayer priests
- Daniel 2:2 Or master astrologers, and so throughout the ch
Daniel 2:4-5
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in [a](A)Aramaic: “(B)O king, live forever! (C)Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” 5 The king replied to the Chaldeans, “[b]The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be [c](D)torn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap.
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- Daniel 2:4 The text is in Aramaic from here through 7:28
- Daniel 2:5 Another reading is The word has gone from me
- Daniel 2:5 Lit made into limbs
Daniel 2:10
New American Standard Bible 1995
10 The Chaldeans answered [a]the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who could declare the matter [b]for the king, inasmuch as no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any [c](A)magician, conjurer or Chaldean.
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- Daniel 2:10 Lit before the
- Daniel 2:10 Lit of
- Daniel 2:10 Or soothsayer priest
Daniel 3:8
New American Standard Bible 1995
Worship of the Image Refused
8 For this reason at that time certain (A)Chaldeans came forward and [a](B)brought charges against the Jews.
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- Daniel 3:8 Lit ate the pieces of
Daniel 4:7
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7 Then the [a](A)magicians, the conjurers, the [b]Chaldeans and the diviners came in and I related the dream [c]to them, but they could not make its (B)interpretation known to me.
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- Daniel 4:7 Or soothsayer priests, and so throughout the ch
- Daniel 4:7 Or master astrologers
- Daniel 4:7 Lit before
Daniel 5:7
New American Standard Bible 1995
7 The king called aloud to bring in the (A)conjurers, the [a]Chaldeans and the diviners. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be (B)clothed with purple and have a (C)necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as [b](D)third ruler in the kingdom.”
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- Daniel 5:7 Or master astrologers
- Daniel 5:7 Or a triumvir
Daniel 5:11
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11 There is a (A)man in your kingdom in whom is [a]a (B)spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father [b](C)the king, appointed him chief of the [c]magicians, conjurers, [d]Chaldeans and diviners.
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- Daniel 5:11 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God
- Daniel 5:11 Or O king
- Daniel 5:11 Or soothsayer priests
- Daniel 5:11 Or master astrologers
Daniel 5:30
New American Standard Bible 1995
30 That same night (A)Belshazzar the Chaldean king was (B)slain.
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Daniel 9:1
New American Standard Bible 1995
Daniel’s Prayer for His People
9 In the first year of (A)Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
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