Daniel 2:7

Good News Translation

They answered the king again, “If Your Majesty will only tell us what the dream was, we will explain it.”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If your ruler becomes angry with you, do not hand in your resignation; serious wrongs may be pardoned if you keep calm.

Daniel 2:4

They answered the king in Aramaic, “May Your Majesty live forever! Tell us your dream, and we will explain it to you.”

Daniel 2:8

At that, the king exclaimed, “Just as I thought! You are trying to gain time, because you see that I have made up my mind

Daniel 2:9

to give all of you the same punishment if you don't tell me the dream. You have agreed among yourselves to go on telling me lies because you hope that in time things will change. Tell me what the dream was, and then I will know that you can also tell me what it means.”

Daniel 4:7

Then all the fortunetellers, magicians, wizards, and astrologers were brought in, and I told them my dream, but they could not explain it to me.