Daniel 2:36
What does Daniel 2:36 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 2:36 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
KJV
King James Version · 1611This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the sense of it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862This <FI>is<Fi> the dream, and its interpretation we do tell before the king.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752This is the dream: we will also tell the interpretation thereof before thee, O king.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.
Context
v.35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
v.36This passage
v.37Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 2:23
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast now made known unto me what we desired of thee; for thou hast made known unto us the king’s matter.
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