Daniel 2:8
“The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The king answered and said, I know of certainty,.... I see plainly and clearly what you are at, and am fully assured you…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time - Margin, “buy.” The Chaldee word זבנין…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
That ye would gain the time - The king means either that they wished to prolong the time that he might recollect it, or…
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
of certainty We should say now, -of acertainty." Murray quotes from North's Plutarch(1580), -It is of certaintythat her…