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Daniel 2:7 KJV
Daniel · chapter 2 · verse 7
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.Daniel 2:7 · King James Version
Daniel 2:7 in context
5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
8The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9But if ye will 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 the interpretation thereof.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʻănâh{properly, to eye or to heedH6032 →
- servantsʻăbada servantH5649 →
- dreamchêlema dreamH2493 →
- saidʼămar{to say }H560 →
- kingmeleka kingH4430 →
- shewchăvâʼto showH2324 →
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We meet with a great difficulty in the date of this story; it is said to be in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan 2:1. Now Daniel was carried to Babylon in his first year, and, it should seem, he was three years under tutors and governors before he was presented to the king, Dan 1:5.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13