SinaiDaniel 2:8
American Standard Version
The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
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Daniel 2:8 in other translations
The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.
Daniel 2:8 in context
- 6But if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and the interpretation thereof.
- 7They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
- 8The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
- 9But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law 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 show me the interpretation thereof.
- 10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king’s matter, forasmuch as no king, lord, or ruler, hath asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.