Daniel 2:7

They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

In Context

6But if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; therefore shew me the dream and its interpretation.

8The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word is gone forth from me;

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for quietness pacifieth great offences.

Daniel 2:9but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me its interpretation.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:2-14

Nebuchadnezzar's Forgotten Dream. ( b. c. 603.) 1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the… Read the whole commentary →

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