Daniel 2:48

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then the king promoted Daniel, gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

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  • Dan 2:6 : 6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.
  • Dan 4:9 : 9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
  • Dan 5:11 : 11 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.
  • Dan 5:16 : 16 And I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and solve doubts. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with scarlet, have a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
  • Dan 5:29 : 29 Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
  • Gen 41:39-43 : 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. 40 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you. 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt. 42 Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand; and he dressed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. 43 And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had, and they cried out before him, Bow the knee; thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.
  • Num 22:16-17 : 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray you, hinder you from coming to me: 17 For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me: come therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me.
  • Num 24:11 : 11 Therefore now flee to your place: I thought to promote you to great honor; but, lo, the LORD has kept you back from honor.
  • 1 Sam 17:25 : 25 The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 25:2 : 2 And there was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very wealthy, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
  • 2 Sam 19:32 : 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old; and he had provided the king with sustenance while he remained at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
  • 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
  • Job 1:3 : 3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
  • Jer 5:5 : 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • Dan 6:1-2 : 1 It pleased Darius to appoint over the kingdom one hundred and twenty princes, who should be over the whole kingdom; 2 And over these, three presidents, of whom Daniel was first, so that the princes might give accounts to them, and the king should suffer no loss.
  • Dan 3:1 : 1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, its height sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
  • Dan 3:12 : 12 There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded you: they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.
  • Dan 3:30 : 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

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  • Dan 2:49
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    49Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

  • Dan 2:46-47
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    46Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet incense to him.

    47The king answered and said to Daniel, Truly, your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you could reveal this secret.

  • Dan 6:1-3
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    1It pleased Darius to appoint over the kingdom one hundred and twenty princes, who should be over the whole kingdom;

    2And over these, three presidents, of whom Daniel was first, so that the princes might give accounts to them, and the king should suffer no loss.

    3Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king planned to set him over the whole realm.

  • Dan 5:11-14
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    11There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.

    12Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, solving of riddles, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

    13Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spoke and said to Daniel, "Are you that Daniel, who is one of the captives of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

    14I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

  • Dan 5:16-19
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    16And I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and solve doubts. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with scarlet, have a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

    17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, "Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

    18O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, majesty, glory, and honor.

    19And because of the majesty that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down.

  • Dan 1:17-21
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    17As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

    18Now at the end of the days, when the king had said they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them before Nebuchadnezzar.

    19And the king conversed with them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they served before the king.

    20And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.

    21And Daniel continued until the first year of King Cyrus.

  • Dan 2:23-26
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    23I thank you, and praise you, O God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might, and has made known to me now what we desired of you: for you have now made known to us the king's matter.

    24Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus to him; Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon: bring me before the king, and I will show the king the interpretation.

    25Then Arioch brought Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, who will make known the interpretation to the king.

    26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?

  • Dan 1:9
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    9Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the chief of the eunuchs.

  • Dan 3:30
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    30Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

  • Dan 2:12-16
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    12For this reason, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

    13And the decree went out that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

    14Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to slay the wise men of Babylon.

    15He answered and said to Arioch, the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch explained the matter to Daniel.

    16Then Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.

  • Dan 5:29
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    29Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

  • Dan 2:37-38
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    37You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory.

    38And wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold.

  • Dan 4:18
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    18This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

  • Dan 3:2
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    2Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the princes, the governors, the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

  • Dan 2:18-21
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    18That they would seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

    19Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

    20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever: for wisdom and might are his.

    21And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding.

  • Dan 1:11
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    11Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

  • Dan 1:5
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    5And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's delicacies and of the wine which he drank, so nourishing them three years, that at the end of that time they might serve before the king.

  • Dan 6:28
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    28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

  • Dan 1:7
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    7To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names: he gave to Daniel the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

  • Jer 52:32
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    32And spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

  • Dan 6:23
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    23Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no harm was found upon him because he believed in his God.

  • Dan 2:28
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    28But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, are these.

  • Dan 6:26
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    26I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be until the end.

  • 2 Kgs 25:28
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    28And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

  • Dan 6:16
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    16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.