Dànyǐlǐshū 2:8

8 Wáng huídá shuō , wǒ zhún zhīdào nǐmen shì gùyì chíyán , yīnwei nǐmen zhīdào nà mèng wǒ yǐjing wáng le .

Dànyǐlǐshū 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:8

The king answered and said, I know of certainty
I see plainly and clearly what you are at, and am fully assured you mean nothing, but that ye would gain the time:
or buy ^F6, or redeem time, as in ( Ephesians 5:16 ) , prolong time, put off the answer to longer time; spin out time, as people do in buying and selling; or have it in their possession and power when to answer; and so by gaining time, or being master of it, might hope something would turn up to their advantage, and extricate them out of their present difficulties: because ye see the thing is gone from me;
the dream he could not remember; or because the decree was certain which he had determined concerning them; (See Gill on Daniel 2:5).

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (Nynbz Nwtna ande yd) "quod tempus vos emitis", Pagninus, Munster; "ementes", Montanus; "vos tempus redimere", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Dànyǐlǐshū 2:8 In-Context

6 Nǐmen ruò jiāng mèng hé mèng de jiǎngjiĕ gàosu wǒ , jiù bì cóng wǒ zhèlǐ dé zèng pǐn hé shǎngcì , bìng dà zūnróng . xiànzaì nǐmen yào jiāng mèng hé mèng de jiǎngjiĕ gàosu wǒ .

7 Tāmen dì èr cì duì wáng shuō , qǐng wáng jiāng mèng gàosu púrén , púrén jiù kĕyǐ jiǎngjiĕ .

8 Wáng huídá shuō , wǒ zhún zhīdào nǐmen shì gùyì chíyán , yīnwei nǐmen zhīdào nà mèng wǒ yǐjing wáng le .

9 Nǐmen ruò bú jiāng mèng gàosu wǒ , zhǐyǒu yī fǎ dāi nǐmen . yīnwei nǐmen yùbeì le huǎng yán luàn yǔ xiàng wǒ shuō , yào dĕnghòu shí shì gǎibiàn . xiànzaì nǐmen yào jiāng mèng gàosu wǒ , yīn wǒ zhīdào nǐmen néng jiāng mèng de jiǎngjiĕ gàosu wǒ .

10 Jiālèdǐ rén zaì wáng miànqián huídá shuō , shìshang méiyǒu rén néng jiāng wáng suǒ wèn de shì shuō chūlai . yīnwei méiyǒu jūnwáng , dàchén , zhǎngquán de xiàng shùshì , huò yòng fǎshù de , huò Jiālèdǐ rén wèn guō zhèyàng de shì .