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Daniel 2:1

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Nebuchadnezzar Has a Disturbing Dream

2:1In the second year of his1 reign Nebuchadnezzar had many dreams.2 His mind3 was disturbed and he suffered from insomnia.4

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Heb “Nebuchadnezzar’s.” The possessive pronoun is substituted in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. 2 Heb “dreamed dreams.” The plural is used here and in v. 2, but the singular in v. 3. The plural “dreams” has been variously explained. Some interpreters take the plural as denoting an indefinite singular (so §124.o). But it may be that it is describing a stream of related dreams, or a dream state. In the latter case, one might translate: “Nebuchadnezzar was in a trance.” See further, J. A. Montgomery, Daniel (), .
  3. 3 Heb “his spirit.”
  4. 4 Heb “his sleep left (?) him.” The use of the verb הָיָה (hayah, “to be”) here is unusual. The context suggests a meaning such as “to be finished” or “gone.” Cf. Dan 8:27. Some scholars emend the verb to read נָדְדָה (nadédah, “fled”); cf. Dan 6:19. See further, 2:540 היה I Ni.3; היה nif; 227–28 הָיָה Niph.2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

NLTNew Living Translation

One night during the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had such disturbing dreams that he couldn’t sleep.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

KJV 1900King James Version

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.