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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
וידברו הכשדים למלך ארמית מלכא לעלמין חיי--אמר חלמא לעבדיך (לעבדך) ופשרא נחוא
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vydbrv hkSHdym lmlk Armyt mlkA l`lmyn KHyy--Amr KHlmA l`bdyk (l`bdk) vpSHrA nKHvA

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
responderuntque Chaldei regi syriace rex in sempiternum vive dic somnium servis tuis et interpretationem eius indicabimus

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Aramaic, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
New King James Version   
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
21st Century King James Version   
Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriac, “O king, live for ever! Tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
Darby Bible Translation   
And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy servants thy dream, and we will declare the interpretation thereof.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
God's Word   
The astrologers spoke to the king in Aramaic, "Your Majesty, may you live forever! Tell us the dream, and we'll interpret it for you."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic begins here): "May the king live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation."
International Standard Version   
The Chaldeans responded to the king in Aramaic: "May the king live forever. Tell the dream to your servants, and we'll reveal its meaning."
NET Bible   
The wise men replied to the king: [What follows is in Aramaic] "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will disclose its interpretation."
New American Standard Bible   
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: "O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation."
New International Version   
Then the astrologers answered the king, "May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it."
New Living Translation   
Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, "Long live the king! Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means."
Webster's Bible Translation   
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriac, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
The World English Bible   
Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then the wise men answered the king. (This is in the Aramaic language.) They said, ‘King, live for ever! We are your servants. Tell us the dream. Then we will tell you what it means.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And the Chaldeans speak to the king [in] Aramaean, `O king, to the ages live, tell the dream to thy servants, and the interpretation we do shew.'
New Life Version   
Then those who learn from stars said to the king in the Aramaic language, “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will tell you what it means.”
The Voice Bible   
Wise Men (in Aramaic): Long live the king! We are your servants. Tell us your dream, and we will tell you what it means.
Living Bible   
Then the astrologers (speaking in Aramaic) said to the king, “Sir, tell us the dream and then we can tell you what it means.”
New Catholic Bible   
The Chaldeans replied to the king in Aramaic, “May you live forever, O king. Relate your dream to us, your servants, and we will reveal its meaning to you.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Say the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever; tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
Christian Standard Bible   
The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic begins here): “May the king live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then said the Chaldeans [diviners] to the king in Aramaic [the Syrian language], O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
New Century Version   
The wise men answered the king in the Aramaic language, “O king, live forever! Please tell us, your servants, your dream. Then we will tell you what it means.”
The Message   
The fortunetellers, speaking in the Aramaic language, said, “Long live the king! Tell us the dream and we will interpret it.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The astrologers said to the king in Aramaic, “Your Majesty, may you live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will explain its meaning.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The Chaldeans said to the king (in Aramaic), “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the interpretation.”
Good News Translation®   
They answered the king in Aramaic, “May Your Majesty live forever! Tell us your dream, and we will explain it to you.”
Wycliffe Bible   
And Chaldees answered the king by Syriack language, King, live thou without end; say thy dream to thy servants, and we shall show to thee the expounding thereof. (And the Chaldeans answered the king in the Syrian, or in the Aramaic, language and said, O King, may thou live forever; first tell thy dream to thy servants, and then we shall tell thee its interpretation.)
Contemporary English Version   
They answered in Aramaic, “Your Majesty, we hope you live forever! We are your servants. Please tell us your dream, and we will explain what it means.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then the Chalde′ans said to the king, “O king, live for ever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The Chaldeans said to the king (in Aramaic), “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the interpretation.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The Chaldeans said to the king (in Aramaic), ‘O king, live for ever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the interpretation.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
The Chaldeans answered the king in Aramaic: “Long live the king! Tell your servants the dream, and we will explain its meaning.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live for ever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The Chaldeans answered the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream and we will give its meaning.”
New American Standard Bible   
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”
The Expanded Bible   
The ·wise men [astrologers; L Chaldeans] answered the king in the Aramaic language [C the language of the text shifts to Aramaic until the end of chapter 7; Aramaic was the everyday language of Babylon at this time], “O king, live forever! Please tell us, your servants, your dream. Then we will ·tell you what it means [interpret it].”
Tree of Life Version   
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.”
Revised Standard Version   
Then the Chalde′ans said to the king, “O king, live for ever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
New International Reader's Version   
Then those who studied the heavens answered the king. They spoke in Aramaic. They said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, may you live forever! Tell us what you dreamed. Then we’ll explain what it means.”
BRG Bible   
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The astrologers spoke to the king in Aramaic: “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The Chaldeans said to the king (in Aramaic), ‘O king, live for ever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the interpretation.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Then spoke the Kasdim (Chaldeans) to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever; tell thy servants the chalom (dream), and we will show the pesher (interpretation, explanation).
Names of God Bible   
The astrologers spoke to the king in Aramaic, “Your Majesty, may you live forever! Tell us the dream, and we’ll interpret it for you.”
Modern English Version   
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will tell the interpretation.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then the Chaldeans answered the king. They spoke Aramaic and said, “King, live forever! Please tell your dream to us, your servants, and then we will tell you what it means.”
International Children’s Bible   
Then the wise men answered the king in the Aramaic language. They said, “Our king, live forever! We are your servants. Please tell us your dream. Then we will tell you what it means.”
Lexham English Bible   
And the astrologers said to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants and we will reveal the explanation.”
New International Version - UK   
Then the astrologers answered the king, ‘May the king live for ever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.’