Daniel 2:8-10
Lexham English Bible
8 The king answered and said, “Certainly[a] I know that you are trying to gain time[b] because[c] you have seen that this matter is firmly decreed by me,[d] 9 for if you do not make the dream known to me, your verdict is fixed,[e] and you have conspired to say a lying and deceitful word to me until the circumstances[f] will change. Therefore, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can tell me its explanation.” 10 The astrologers[g] answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth that is able to reveal the word of the king; in fact,[h] no great and powerful king has ever asked a thing like this of any magician[i] or conjurer[j] or astrologer.[k]
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- Daniel 2:8 Literally “From a certainty”
- Daniel 2:8 Literally “the time you are gaining”
- Daniel 2:8 Literally “all because of that”
- Daniel 2:8 Literally “that firm from me is the decree”
- Daniel 2:9 Literally “one is your verdict”
- Daniel 2:9 Literally “time”
- Daniel 2:10 Literally “Chaldeans”
- Daniel 2:10 Literally “all because that”
- Daniel 2:10 Or “soothsayer-priest”
- Daniel 2:10 Or “enchanter”
- Daniel 2:10 Literally “Chaldean”
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