Daniel 2:7 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 2:7

They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”

BSB

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ASV

They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

KJV

They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

They answered again, and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it - Certainly not an unreasonable request, in any circumstances, and especially in theirs. They did not profess, evidently, to be able to recal a dream that was forgotten, but the extent of their profession on this subject appears to have been, that they were able to “explain” what was commonly regarded as a prognostic of a future event.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֲנ֥וֹ	a.No	they replied	H6032 →
תִנְיָנ֖וּת	tin.ya.Nut	a second [time]	H8579 →
וְאָמְרִ֑ין	ve.'a.me.Rin	and [they were] saying	H560 →
מַלְכָּ֕א	mal.Ka'	king O	H4430 →
חֶלְמָ֛א	chel.Ma'	dream the	H2493 →
יֵאמַ֥ר	ye.Mar	let him tell	H560 →
לְעַבְד֖וֹהִי	le.'av.Do.hi	to servants his	H5649 →
וּפִשְׁרָ֥ה	u.fish.Rah'	and interpretation the	H6591 →
נְהַחֲוֵֽה׃	ne.ha.cha.Veh	we will declare	H2324 →

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The walk

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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
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
leads to
- Proverbs 25:15
  Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3
  Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
- 1 Samuel 25:24–44
  She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
Through
Daniel 2:4
Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
leads to
- Daniel 3:9
  saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!
- Daniel 5:10
  Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow…
- Ezra 4:7
  And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.
- Isaiah 36:11
  Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on…
Through
Daniel 2:9
If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me…
leads to
- Esther 4:11
  “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be…