Daniel 2:7

But again they said, “Tell us what you dreamed, and then we will tell you what it means.”

Translation for Translators

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 me what I dreamed and what it means, I will reward you. I will give you wonderful gifts and greatly honor you. So tell me what I dreamed and what it means!”

8The king replied, “I know that you are just trying to get more time, because you know that I will do to you what I said that I would do.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:4Do not quit working for a ruler when he is angry with you; if you remain calm, he will probably stop being angry.

Daniel 2:9If you do not tell me what I dreamed, you will be punished. I think that you have all agreed to tell me lies and other wicked things, because you hope that I will change ◄ my mind/what I am thinking►. But tell me the dream, and then I will know that you can also tell me what it means.”

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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