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Nebuchadnezzar’s Troubling Dream

Daniel 2:3

In 11 translations

BSB
he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”
KJV
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
WEB
The king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.” The king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”
ASV
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
LSV
and the king says to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is moved to know the dream.”
YLT
and the king saith to them, 'A dream I have dreamed, and moved is my spirit to know the dream.'
DBY
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
DRC
And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and being troubled in mind I know not what I saw.
GNV
And the King sayde vnto them, I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirite was troubled to knowe the dreame.
JPS
And the king said unto them: 'I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.'
LXXE
And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר לָהֶ֛ם הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חֲל֣וֹם חָלָ֑מְתִּי וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם רוּחִ֔י לָדַ֖עַת אֶֽת־הַחֲלֽוֹם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς, ἑνυπνιάσθην, καὶ ἐξέστη τὸ πνεῦμά μου, τοῦ γνῶναι τὸ ἐνύπνιον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 40:8“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
  • Genesis 41:15Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
  • Daniel 4:5I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
  • Daniel 2:1In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

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