Then the king [a]gave orders to call in the (A)soothsayer priests, the conjurers, the sorcerers, and the [b]Chaldeans, to [c]tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

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  1. Daniel 2:2 Lit said to call
  2. Daniel 2:2 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc., and so throughout the ch
  3. Daniel 2:2 Lit explain to

So the king summoned the magicians,(A) enchanters, sorcerers(B) and astrologers[a](C) to tell him what he had dreamed.(D) When they came in and stood before the king,

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  1. Daniel 2:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10

10 The Chaldeans answered [a]the king and said, “There is no person on earth who could declare the matter [b]to the king, because no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any (A)soothsayer priest, sorcerer, or Chaldean.

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  1. Daniel 2:10 Lit before the
  2. Daniel 2:10 Lit of

10 The astrologers(A) answered the king, “There is no one 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.(B)

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Then the (A)soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the [a]Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream [b]to them, but they could not make its (B)interpretation known to me.

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  1. Daniel 4:7 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc.
  2. Daniel 4:7 Lit before

When the magicians,(A) enchanters, astrologers[a] and diviners(B) came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.(C)

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  1. Daniel 4:7 Or Chaldeans