Daniel 2:6

6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, ¹you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. ²Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation. ”

Daniel 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:6

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 by promises, to allure: ye shall receive of me gifts, and rewards, and great honour;
gold, silver, jewels, rich apparel, houses, lands, and great promotion to some of the highest places of honour, trust, and profit, in the kingdom, as Daniel afterwards had: therefore show me the dream, and the interpretation thereof;
at once, directly, without any more ado; for the king was impatient of it.

Daniel 2:6 In-Context

4 Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. ”

5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins.

6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation. ”

7 They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation. ”

8 The king answered and said, “I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see that the word from me is firm—

Cross References

• 1. 2:6 [ch. 5:7, 16]
• 2. 2:6 [ver. 7, 9]