Daniel 2:48New Messianic Version BibleThen the king made Dani’el [God is Judge] a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], and chief of the governors over all the wise [men] of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion]. See the chapter |
There is a man in youi kingdom, in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of youi father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king N’vukhadnetzar [May Nebo protect the crown] youi father, the king, [I say], youi father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Kasdim [clod-breakers], [and] soothsayers;
There are certain Y’hudim (Judeans) whom youi have set over the affairs of the province of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], Shadrakh [royal, or the great scribe], Meishakh [guest of the king], and ‘Aved-N’go [servant of Nebo]; these men, O king, have not regarded youi: they serve not youi gods, nor worship the golden image which youi have set up.
N’vukhadnetzar [May Nebo protect the crown] the king made an image of gold, whose height [was] threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion].
Now Na’aman [Pleasantness], captain of the host of the king of Aram (Syria) [exalted], was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had given deliverance unto Aram (Syria) [exalted]: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper.
And the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said, Have you2f seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Kasdim [clod-breakers], and the soothsayers. [And] the king spoke, and said to the wise [men] of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [have] a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.