Verse 8
Daniel 2:8
Literal Standard Version
8
The king has answered and said, “Of a truth I know that you are gaining time, because that you have seen that the thing is gone from me,
Original Language Text
hebrew
עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּ/א֙ וְ/אָמַ֔ר מִן יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖/א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּ/ל קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥/י מִלְּתָֽ/א
English Translation
The king answered and said, "From his position, I know that you are buying all that you have seen because you have come to me with a message."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 2 Context
1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar has dreamed dreams, and his sp...
Focus ↗
2
and the king says to call for enchanters, and for conjurers, and for sorcerers, and for Chaldeans, t...
Focus ↗
3
and the king says to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is moved to know the dream.”
Focus ↗
4
And the Chaldeans speak to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live for all ages, tell the dream to your s...
Focus ↗
5
The king has answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The thing is gone from me; if you do not cause me...
Focus ↗
6
and if the dream and its interpretation you show, gifts, and fee, and great glory you receive from b...
Focus ↗
7
They have answered a second time, and are saying, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and...
Focus ↗
8
The king has answered and said, “Of a truth I know that you are gaining time, because that you have...
9
so that, if you do not cause me to know the dream—one is your sentence, seeing a lying and corrupt w...
Focus ↗
10
The Chaldeans have answered before the king, and are saying, “There is not a man on the earth who is...
Focus ↗
11
and the thing that the king is asking is precious, and there are no others that show it before the k...
Focus ↗
12
Therefore the king has been furious and very angry, and has said to destroy all the wise men of Baby...
Focus ↗
13
And the sentence has gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and h...
Focus ↗
14
Then Daniel has replied with counsel and discretion to Arioch chief of the executioners of the king,...
Focus ↗
15
He has answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the sentence so urgent from before th...
Focus ↗
16
and Daniel has gone up, and sought of the king that he would give him time to show the interpretatio...
Focus ↗
17
Then Daniel has gone to his house, and to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, he has mad...
Focus ↗
18
and to seek mercies from before the God (Elohim) of the heavens concerning this secret, that they do...
Focus ↗
19
Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret has been revealed. Then Daniel has blessed the...
Focus ↗
20
Daniel has answered and said, “Let the Name of God (Elohim) be blessed from age even to age, for wis...
Focus ↗
21
And He is changing times and seasons, He is causing kings to pass away, and He is raising up kings;...
Focus ↗
22
He is revealing deep and hidden things; He has known what is in darkness, and light has dwelt with H...
Focus ↗
23
You, O God (Elohim) of my fathers, I am thanking and praising, for wisdom and might You have given t...
Focus ↗
24
Therefore Daniel has gone up to Arioch, whom the king has appointed to destroy the wise men of Babyl...
Focus ↗
25
Then Arioch in haste has brought up Daniel before the king, and thus has said to him, “I have found...
Focus ↗
26
The king has answered and said to Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, “Are you able to cause me to k...
Focus ↗
27
Daniel has answered before the king and said, “The secret that the king is asking, the wise men, the...
Focus ↗
28
but there is a God (Elohim) in the heavens, a revealer of secrets, and He has made known to King Neb...
Focus ↗
29
You, O king, your thoughts on your bed have come up concerning that which is to be after this, and t...
Focus ↗
30
As for me—not for any wisdom that is in me above any living has this secret been revealed to me; but...
Focus ↗
31
You, O king, were looking, and behold, a certain great image. This image is mighty, and its brightne...
Focus ↗
32
This image! Its head is of fine gold, its breasts and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs o...
Focus ↗
33
its legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron, and part of them of clay.
Focus ↗
34
You were looking until a stone has been cut out without hands, and it has struck the image on its fe...
Focus ↗
35
then broken small together have been the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, and t...
Focus ↗
36
This is the dream, and its interpretation we tell before the king.
Focus ↗
37
You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God (Elohim) of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might...
Focus ↗
38
and wherever sons of men are dwelling, the beast of the field, and the bird of the heavens, He has g...
Focus ↗
39
And after you another kingdom arises lower than those, and another third kingdom of bronze, that rul...
Focus ↗
40
And the fourth kingdom is strong as iron, because that iron is breaking small, and making feeble, al...
Focus ↗
41
As for that which you have seen: the feet and toes, part of them potter’s clay, and part of them iro...
Focus ↗
42
As for the toes of the feet, part of them iron, and part of them clay: some part of the kingdom is s...
Focus ↗
43
Because you have seen iron mixed with miry clay, they are mixing themselves with the seed of men: an...
Focus ↗
44
And in the days of these kings the God (Elohim) of the heavens raises up a kingdom that is not destr...
Focus ↗
45
Because that you have seen that out of the mountain a stone has been cut without hands, and it has b...
Focus ↗
46
Then King Nebuchadnezzar has fallen on his face, and to Daniel he has done homage, and present, and...
Focus ↗
47
The king has answered Daniel and said, “Of a truth it is that your God (Elohim) is a God (Elohim) of...
Focus ↗
48
Then the king has made Daniel great, and many great gifts he has given to him, and has caused him to...
Focus ↗
49
And Daniel has sought from the king, and he has appointed over the work of the province of Babylon,...
Focus ↗