Daniel 2:8

The 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.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

In Context

7But again they said, “Tell us what you dreamed, and then we will tell you what it means.”

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.”

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Cross References

Colossians 4:5Act wisely towards those who do not believe in the Lord Jesus [MTY]; use every opportunity to do that.

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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