Daniel 2:18 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 2:18

urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

BSB

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ASV

that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

KJV

That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 30 (604)

O what a craftsman this Spirit is! There is no delay in learning whatever he wills. As soon as he touches the mind, he teaches, and merely to have touched is to have taught. For as soon as he illuminates the human soul, he transforms it; he suddenly takes away what it was, and suddenly produces what it was not.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

St. Paul often entreats his friends to pray for him. Thus we must show that we put a value upon our friends, upon prayer, upon their prayers. (2.) He was particular in this prayer, but had an eye to, and a dependence upon, the general mercy of God: That they would desire the mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret,

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְרַחֲמִ֗ין	ve.ra.cha.Min	and compassion<s>	H7359 →
לְמִבְעֵא֙	le.miv.'E'	to ask	H1156 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4481 →
קֳדָם֙	ko.Dam	before	H6925 →
אֱלָ֣הּ	'e.Lah	[the] God of	H426 →
שְׁמַיָּ֔א	she.mai.Ya'	heavens the	H8065 →
עַל־	'al-	concerning	H5922 →
רָזָ֖ה	ra.Zah'	secret the	H7328 →
דְּנָ֑ה	de.Nah	this	H1836 →
דִּ֣י	di	that	H1768 →
לָ֤א	la'	not	H3809 →
יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙	ye.hoe.Dun	they will destroy	H7 →
דָּנִיֵּ֣אל	da.ni.Yel	Daniel	H1841 →
וְחַבְר֔וֹהִי	ve.chav.Ro.hi	and companions his	H2269 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5974 →
שְׁאָ֖ר	she.'Ar	[the] rest of	H7606 →
חַכִּימֵ֥י	cha.ki.Mei	[the] wise men of	H2445 →
בָבֶֽל׃	va.Vel	Babylon	H895 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
leads to
- Isaiah 65:24
  Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 91:15
  When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 29:12
  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Isaiah 48:6
  You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
Through
Matthew 18:19
Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.
leads to
- Matthew 7:7
  Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Through
Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
leads to
- Psalms 107:28
  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Psalms 34:3–4
  Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.