Leadership Verses

Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast {now} made known unto us the king's matter.

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise {men} of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise {men} of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. {I have...: Chaldee, That I have found} {captives...: Chaldee, children of the captivity of Judah}

The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name {was} Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise {men}, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; {maketh...: Chaldee, hath made known}

As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came {into thy mind} upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. {came: Chaldee, came up}

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for {any} wisdom that I have more than any living, but for {their} sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. {but for...: or, but for the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king}

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness {was} excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof {was} terrible. {sawest: Chaldee, wast seeing}

This {is} the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.