Daniel 2:5
“The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans,.... In the same language they spoke to him:
the thing is gone from me;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me - The Vulgate renders this, “Sermo recessit a me”…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Ye shall be cut in pieces - This was arbitrary and tyrannical in the extreme; but, in the order of God's providence, it…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Daniel 2:1-13
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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The thing is gone from me The word spoken by me lit. (proceeding) from me is sure. The king means that the threat which…
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