Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They answered again, and said, "The king must show his servants the dream, and so shall we declare what it meaneth."
New American Standard Bible
They answered a second time and said, “Let the king
King James Version
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
Holman Bible
They answered a second time, “May the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”
International Standard Version
They replied again, "Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we'll disclose its meaning."
A Conservative Version
They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
American Standard Version
They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
Amplified
They answered again, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will explain its interpretation [to you].”
Bible in Basic English
A second time they said in answer, Let the king give his servants an account of his dream, and we will make clear the sense.
Darby Translation
They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
Julia Smith Translation
They answered a second time, and said, The king will say to his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.
King James 2000
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They answered once more and said, "Let the king tell the dream to his servants and we will make the explanation known."
Modern King James verseion
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will reveal its meaning.
NET Bible
They again replied, "Let the king inform us of the dream; then we will disclose its interpretation."
New Heart English Bible
They answered the second time and said, "Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation."
The Emphasized Bible
They answered again and said, - Let, the king, tell, the dream, to his servants, and, the interpretation thereof, we will declare.
Webster
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.
World English Bible
They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have answered a second time, and are saying, 'Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and the interpretation we do shew.
Themes
Government » Monarchical » By nebuchadnezzar
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Nebuchadnezzar, commanding to destroy the wise men
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 2:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The King's Troubling Dream
6 But if ye tell me the dream and the meaning thereof, ye shall have of me gifts, rewards and great honour. Only, show me the dream, and the signification of it." 7 They answered again, and said, "The king must show his servants the dream, and so shall we declare what it meaneth." 8 Then the king answered, saying, "I perceive of a truth, that ye do but prolong the time: forsomuch as ye see, that the thing is gone from me.
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Cross References
Daniel 2:4
Upon this the Chaldeans answered the king in the Syrians' speech, "O king, God save thy life forever. Show thy servants the dream, and we shall show thee, what it meaneth."
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If a principal spirit be given thee to bear rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for so shall great wickedness be put down, as it were with a medicine.
Daniel 2:9
Therefore, if ye will not tell me the dream, ye shall all have one judgment: But ye feign and dissemble with vain words which ye speak before me, to put off the time. Therefore tell me the dream, and so shall I know - if ye can show me - what it meaneth."