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Selected Verse: Daniel 2:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Da 2:6 |
Strong Concordance |
But if [02006] ye shew [02324] the dream [02493], and the interpretation [06591] thereof, ye shall receive [06902] of [04481] me [06925] gifts [04978] and rewards [05023] and great [07690] honour [03367]: therefore [03861] shew [02324] me the dream [02493], and the interpretation [06591] thereof. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| rewards--literally, "presents poured out in lavish profusion." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 were to give such an explanation of it as would commend itself to his mind as the true one. On this last point he would doubtless rely much on their supposed wisdom in performing this duty, but it would seem clear, also, that it was necessary that the interpretation should be seen to be a "fair" interpretation, or such as would be "fairly" implied in the dream. Thus, when Daniel made known the interpretation, he saw at once that it met all the features of the dream, and he admitted it to be correct. So also when Daniel explained the handwriting on the wall to Belshazzar, he admitted the justness of it, and loaded him with honors, Dan 5:29. So when Joseph explained the dreams of Pharaoh, he at once saw the appropriateness of the explanation, and admitted it to be correct Gen 41:39-45; and so in the case above referred to (notes on Dan 2:2), of Astyages respecting the dreams of his daughter (Herod. 1, cvii.; cviii.), he at once saw that the interpretation of the dreams proposed by the Magi accorded with the dreams, and took his measures accordingly.
Ye shall receive of me gifts, and rewards, and great honor - Intending to appeal to their highest hopes to induce them, if possible, to disclose the meaning of the dream. He specifics no particular rewards, but makes the promise general; and the evident meaning is, that, in such a case, he would bestow what it became a monarch like him to give. That the usual rewards in such a case were such as were adapted to stimulate to the most vigorous exertions of their powers, may be seen from the honor which he conferred on Daniel when he made known the dream Dan 2:48, and from the rewards which Belshazzar conferred on Daniel for making known the interpretation of the writing on the wall Dan 5:29 : "Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom." Compare Est 5:11; Est 6:7-9. |
7 And Haman [02001] answered [0559] the king [04428], For the man [0376] whom the king [04428] delighteth [02654] to honour [03366],
8 Let the royal [04438] apparel [03830] be brought [0935] which the king [04428] useth to wear [03847], and the horse [05483] that the king [04428] rideth [07392] upon, and the crown [03804] royal [04438] which is set [05414] upon his head [07218]:
9 And let this apparel [03830] and horse [05483] be delivered [05414] to the hand [03027] of one [0376] of the king's [04428] most noble [06579] princes [08269], that they may array [03847] the man [0376] withal whom the king [04428] delighteth [02654] to honour [03366], and bring [07392] him on horseback [05483] through the street [07339] of the city [05892], and proclaim [07121] before [06440] him, Thus shall it be done [06213] to the man [0376] whom the king [04428] delighteth [02654] to honour [03366].
11 And Haman [02001] told [05608] them of the glory [03519] of his riches [06239], and the multitude [07230] of his children [01121], and all the things wherein the king [04428] had promoted [01431] him, and how he had advanced [05375] him above the princes [08269] and servants [05650] of the king [04428].
29 Then [0116] commanded [0560] Belshazzar [01113], and they clothed [03848] Daniel [01841] with scarlet [0711], and put a chain [02002] of gold [01722] about [05922] his neck [06676], and made a proclamation [03745] concerning [05922] him, that he should be [01934] the third [08531] ruler [07990] in the kingdom [04437].
48 Then [0116] the king [04430] made [07236] Daniel [01841] a great man [07236], and gave [03052] him many [07690] great [07260] gifts [04978], and made him ruler [07981] over [05922] the whole [03606] province [04083] of Babylon [0895], and chief [07229] of the governors [05460] over [05922] all [03606] the wise [02445] men of Babylon [0895].
2 Then the king [04428] commanded [0559] to call [07121] the magicians [02748], and the astrologers [0825], and the sorcerers [03784], and the Chaldeans [03778], for to shew [05046] the king [04428] his dreams [02472]. So they came [0935] and stood [05975] before [06440] the king [04428].
39 And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559] unto Joseph [03130], Forasmuch [0310] as God [0430] hath shewed [03045] thee all this, there is none so discreet [0995] and wise [02450] as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be [01961] over my house [01004], and according unto thy word [06310] shall all my people [05971] be ruled [05401]: only in the throne [03678] will I be greater [01431] than thou.
41 And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559] unto Joseph [03130], See [07200], I have set [05414] thee over all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
42 And Pharaoh [06547] took off [05493] his ring [02885] from his hand [03027], and put [05414] it upon Joseph's [03130] hand [03027], and arrayed [03847] him in vestures [0899] of fine linen [08336], and put [07760] a gold [02091] chain [07242] about his neck [06677];
43 And he made him to ride [07392] in the second [04932] chariot [04818] which he had; and they cried [07121] before him [06440], Bow the knee [086]: and he made [05414] him ruler over all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
44 And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559] unto Joseph [03130], I am Pharaoh [06547], and without [01107] thee shall no man [0376] lift up [07311] his hand [03027] or foot [07272] in all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
45 And Pharaoh [06547] called [07121] Joseph's [03130] name [08034] Zaphnathpaaneah [06847]; and he gave [05414] him to wife [0802] Asenath [0621] the daughter [01323] of Potipherah [06319] priest [03548] of On [0204]. And Joseph [03130] went out [03318] over all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
29 Then [0116] commanded [0560] Belshazzar [01113], and they clothed [03848] Daniel [01841] with scarlet [0711], and put a chain [02002] of gold [01722] about [05922] his neck [06676], and made a proclamation [03745] concerning [05922] him, that he should be [01934] the third [08531] ruler [07990] in the kingdom [04437].