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Daniel · read by Peter Bisset
31 verses, in order. Only the verses Peter read aloud are shown.
Daniel 1
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But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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but he said to Daniel, "I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!"Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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"Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see."Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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So he consented to this and tested them for ten days.Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king's food.Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king's service.Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
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In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.Read from KJV · Daniel Purposed in His Heart
Daniel 2
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In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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he said to them, "I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it."Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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The king replied to the astrologers, "My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation."Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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The king replied, "I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation."Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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The astrologers answered the king, "No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals."Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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"Why is the decree from the king so harsh?" he asked. At this time Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give him the interpretation.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heavenRead from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, "I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation."Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream
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As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.Read from KJV · Nebuchadnezzars Dream