Daniel 4:1-9 ▼

1 AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING To the people of all nations and languages who live on earth. Peace and prosperity to you!

2 It gives me great pleasure to tell about the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.

3 How great are his signs! How powerful are his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and his dominion lasts from generation to generation.

4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was resting in my home and prospering in my palace.

5 I had a dream that made me afraid. The thoughts that went through my mind while in bed and the visions in my head terrified me.

6 So I gave an order to bring in all of the advisors of Babylon so they would tell me the interpretation of the dream.

7 Then the diviners, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, and I told them the dream. But they could not reveal its interpretation to me.

8 Eventually, Daniel appeared before me. (He is called Belteshazzar, in accordance with the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is within him.) I told him my dream:

9 |Belteshazzar, chief of the diviners, since I know that the spirit of the holy gods is within you, and no mystery too difficult for you, explain to me the vision of my dream that I saw, along with its interpretation.