Daniel 2:3
Modern Translations
New International Version
he said to them, "I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means."

New Living Translation
he said, “I have had a dream that deeply troubles me, and I must know what it means.”

English Standard Version
And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”

Berean Study Bible
he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”

New American Standard Bible
The king said to them, “I had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream.”

NASB 1995
The king said to them, "I had a dream and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream."

NASB 1977
And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream.”

Amplified Bible
The king said to them, “I had a dream, and my spirit is troubled and anxious to know the [content and meaning of the] dream.”

Christian Standard Bible
he said to them, “I have had a dream and am anxious to understand it.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
he said to them, "I have had a dream and am anxious to understand it."

Contemporary English Version
and said, "I am disturbed by a dream that I don't understand, and I want you to explain it."

Good News Translation
he said to them, "I'm worried about a dream I've had. I want to know what it means."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The king said to them, "I had a dream, and I'm troubled by it. I want to know what the dream was."

International Standard Version
the king told them, "I have dreamed a dream and I will remain troubled until I can understand it."

NET Bible
The king told them, "I have had a dream, and I am anxious to understand the dream."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

New King James Version
And the king said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know the dream.”

King James 2000 Bible
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

New Heart English Bible
The king said to them, "I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream."

World English Bible
The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

American King James Version
And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

American Standard Version
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

A Faithful Version
And the king said to them, "I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream."

Darby Bible Translation
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

English Revised Version
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And the King sayde vnto them, I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirite was troubled to knowe the dreame.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the king sayde vnto them: I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirite was troubled to knowe the dreame.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And the kynge sayde vnto them: I haue dreamed a dreame, & my sprete was so troubled therwith, yt I haue clene forgotten, what I dreamed.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the king says to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is moved to know the dream.”

Young's Literal Translation
and the king saith to them, 'A dream I have dreamed, and moved is my spirit to know the dream.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And the king will say to them, I dreamed a dream, and my spirit will be moved to know the dream.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and being troubled in mind I know not what I saw.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the king said to them, “I saw a dream, and, being confused in mind, I do not know what I saw.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the King said to them: I have seen a dream, and my spirit is disturbed to know the dream

Lamsa Bible
And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the king said unto them: 'I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
















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