Daniel 2:18
To the end that they should ask mercy at the face of the God of heaven concerning this secret, and that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17And he went into his house, and told the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias his companions:
Cross References
Genesis 18:28What if there be Ave less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city? And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.
Esther 4:15And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:
Psalms 91:15He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.
Proverbs 3:5Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
Jeremiah 33:3Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.
Malachi 3:18And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:15-24
The Dream Revealed to Daniel; Daniel's Thanksgiving. ( b. c. 603.) 14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: 15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 2.15 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation. 17 Then Daniel went to his house,… Read the whole commentary →