Daniel 2:7

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 you tell the dream, and the meaning of it, you shall receive of me rewards, and gifts, and great honour: therefore tell me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

8The king answered, and said: I know for certain that you seek to gain time, since you know that the thing is gone from me.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.

Daniel 2:9If therefore you tell me not the dream, there is one sentence concerning you, that you have also framed a lying interpretation, and full of deceit, to speak before me till the time pass away. Tell me therefore the dream, that I may know that you also give a true interpretation thereof.

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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