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Parallel DAN 2:4

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BI Dan 2:4 ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)The astrologers spoke to the king in Aramaic, “Long live King Nevukadnetstsar. Tell us what you dreamt, and then we’ll give you the interpretation.”

OET-LVAnd_they_spoke the_ones_from_Kasdiy to/for_the_king ʼArāmīt Oh/the_king for_ages live tell the_dream to_your(sg)_servant[fn] and_the_interpretation we_will_declare.


2:4 OSHB variant note: ל/עבדי/ך: (x-qere) ’לְ/עַבְדָ֖/ךְ’: lemma_l/5649 n_0.0 morph_AR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms id_27ExP לְ/עַבְדָ֖/ךְ

UHBוַֽ⁠יְדַבְּר֧וּ הַ⁠כַּשְׂדִּ֛ים לַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲרָמִ֑ית מַלְכָּ⁠א֙ לְ⁠עָלְמִ֣ין חֱיִ֔י אֱמַ֥ר חֶלְמָ֛⁠א ל⁠עבדי⁠ך וּ⁠פִשְׁרָ֥⁠א נְחַוֵּֽא׃
   (va⁠yədabrū ha⁠kkasdim la⁠mmelek ʼₐrāmit malkā⁠ʼ lə⁠ˊāləmin ḩₑyiy ʼₑmar ḩelmā⁠ʼ l⁠ˊⱱdy⁠k ū⁠fishrā⁠ʼ nəḩaūēʼ.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXXNo BrLXX DAN book available

BrTrNo BrTr DAN book available

ULTThen the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, “O King, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will show the interpretation.”

USTThe men who studied the stars replied to the king, speaking in the Aramaic language. They said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we hope that you will live a long time! Tell us what you dreamed, and then we will tell you what it means!”

BSBThen the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic,[fn] “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”


2:4 The original text from this point of Daniel 2:4 through Daniel 7:28 is in Aramaic.

MSB (Same as above including footnotes)


OEBThen those who studied the stars said to the king in Aramaic: ‘O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants and we will tell you what it means.’

WEBBEThen the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”

WMBBThen the Kasdim spoke to the king in the Syrian language, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”

NETThe wise men replied to the king: [What follows is in Aramaic ] “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will disclose its interpretation.”

LSVAnd the Chaldeans speak to the king [in] Aramaic, “O king, live for all ages, tell the dream to your servants, and we show the interpretation.”

FBVThe astrologers answered the king in Aramaic,[fn] “May Your Majesty the king live forever! Tell us your dream and we your servants will interpret it for you.”


2:4 The language of the original switches from Hebrew to Aramaic at this point until the end of chapter 7.

T4TThe men who studied the stars replied to the king, speaking in the Aramaic language. They said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we hope that you will live a long time! Tell us what you dreamed, and then we will tell you what it means!”

LEBNo LEB DAN book available

BBEThen the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense of it.

MoffNo Moff DAN book available

JPSThen spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Aramaic: 'O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.'

ASVThen spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

DRAAnd the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy servants thy dream, and we will declare the interpretation thereof.

YLTAnd the Chaldeans speak to the king [in] Aramaean, 'O king, to the ages live, tell the dream to thy servants, and the interpretation we do shew.'

DrbyAnd the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

RVThen spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
   (Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, Oh king, live forever: tell thy/your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. )

SLTAnd the Chaldeans will speak to the king Syriac: O king, live forever: say to thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

WbstrThen the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriac, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

KJB-1769Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.[fn]
   (Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, Oh king, live forever: tell thy/your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. )


2.4 O king…: (Chaldee, to the end of chapter seven)

KJB-1611Then spake the Caldeans to the King in Syriacke; O king, liue for euer: tell thy seruants the dreame, and we will shew the interpretation.
   (Then spake the Chaldeans to the King in Syriacke; Oh king, live forever: tell thy/your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.)

BshpsNo Bshps DAN book available

GnvaThen spake the Caldeans to the King in the Aramites language, O King, liue for euer: shewe thy seruants thy dreame, and wee shall shewe the interpretation.
   (Then spake the Chaldeans to the King in the Aramites language, Oh King, live forever: show thy/your servants thy/your dream, and we shall show the interpretation. )

CvdlNo Cvdl DAN book available

WyclNo Wycl DAN book available

LuthNo Luth DAN book available

ClVgResponderuntque Chaldæi regi syriace: Rex, in sempiternum vive ! dic somnium servis tuis, et interpretationem ejus indicabimus.
   (Responderuntque Chaldæi to_rule syriace: Rex, in/into/on eternal vive ! say a_dream/sleep slavess yours, and interpretation his indicabimus. )

RP-GNTNo RP-GNT DAN book available


HAPHebrew accents and phrasing: See Allan Johnson's Hebrew accents and phrasing analysis.

TSNTyndale Study Notes:

2:4 Aramaic had been established by the Assyrians as the lingua franca of international communication. The practice was continued by the Babylonians.
• Tell us the dream: The Babylonian wise men needed to know the contents of the dream in order to look them up in reference books. They did not depend on divine revelation.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

אֲרָמִ֑ית

Aramit

Aramaic was the language that people in Babylon spoke.

מַלְכָּ⁠א֙ לְ⁠עָלְמִ֣ין חֱיִ֔י

Oh/the=king for=ages live

The men probably said this to show the king that they were loyal to him. Alternate translation: “King, we hope you will live forever!”

ל⁠עבדי⁠ך

to=your(sg)=servant

The men called themselves the king’s servants to show him respect.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

נְחַוֵּֽא

we_will_show/interpret

Here the word we refers to the men that the king is speaking to and does not include the king.

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