But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
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Gill's Exposition
But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation thereof,.... Which he was extremely intent upon to know; and therefore makes use of every way to obtain it, first by threatenings, to terrify, and next…
Barnes' Notes
But if ye show the dream - If you show what the dream was. And the interpretation thereof - What it signifies. That is, they were so to state the dream that Nebuchadnezzar would recognize it; and they…
We meet with a great difficulty in the date of this story; it is said to be in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan 2:1. Now Daniel was carried to Babylon in his first year, and, it…
Cambridge Bible
shew(twice)] declare. So Dan 2:2; Dan 2:9-11; Dan 2:2; Dan 2:2; Dan 2:2; Dan 4:4; Dan 5:5; Dan 5:5; Dan 5:5.
rewards A rare word, probably of Persian origin (according to Andreas, in the Glossary in…
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