Daniel 2:9
Strong's Lexicon
דִּ֣י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

If
הֵן־ (hên-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 2006: 1) behold, if, whether

you do not
לָ֨א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: 1) no, not, nothing

tell
תְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּ֜נִי (ṯə·hō·wḏ·‘un·na·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3046: 1) to know 1a) (P'al) to know 1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know

me the dream,
חֶלְמָא֩ (ḥel·mā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 2493: 1) dream

[there] is
הִ֣יא ()
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1932: 1) he, she, it 1a) (emphasising and resuming subject) 1b)(anticipating subj) 1c) as demons pron 1d) (relative) 1e) (affirming existence)

[only] one
חֲדָה־ (ḥă·ḏāh-)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2298: 1) one (number) 1a) one 1b) a (indefinite article)

decree for you.
דָֽתְכ֗וֹן (ḏā·ṯə·ḵō·wn)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1882: 1) decree, law 1a) a decree (of the king) 1b) law 1c) law (of God)

You have conspired
(הִזְדְּמִנְתּוּן֙‪‬) (hiz·də·min·tūn)
Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2164: 1) to agree together, appoint a time 1a) (Ithpael) to agree beforehand

to speak
לְמֵאמַ֣ר (lə·mê·mar)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 560: 1) (P'al) to say, to speak, to command, to tell, to relate

before me
קָֽדָמַ֔י (qā·ḏā·may)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6925: 1) before, in front of 1a) before 1b) from before

false
כִדְבָ֤ה (ḵiḏ·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3538: 1) false, lying

and fraudulent
וּשְׁחִיתָה֙ (ū·šə·ḥî·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7844: 1) to corrupt 1a) (P'al) 1a1) corrupt (participle) 1a2) fault (subst)

words,
וּמִלָּ֨ה (ū·mil·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4406: 1) word, thing 1a) word, utterance, command 1b) thing, affair, matter

hoping
עַ֛ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5705: prep 1) even to, until, up to, during conj 2) until, up to the time that, ere that

דִּ֥י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

the situation
עִדָּנָ֖א (‘id·dā·nā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 5732: 1) time 1a) time (of duration) 1b) year

will change.
יִשְׁתַּנֵּ֑א (yiš·tan·nê)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8133: 1) to change, be altered, be changed 1a) (P'al) to change, be changed 1b) (Pael) to change, transform, frustrate 1b1) different (participle) 1c) (Ithpael) to be changed 1d) (Aphel) to change, alter

Therefore
לָהֵ֗ן (lā·hên)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 2006: 1) behold, if, whether

tell
אֱמַ֣רוּ (’ĕ·ma·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 560: 1) (P'al) to say, to speak, to command, to tell, to relate

me
לִ֔י ()
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew :

the dream,
חֶלְמָא֙ (ḥel·mā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 2493: 1) dream

and I will know
וְֽאִנְדַּ֕ע (wə·’in·da‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3046: 1) to know 1a) (P'al) to know 1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know

that
דִּ֥י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

you can give me
תְּהַחֲוֻנַּֽנִי׃ (tə·ha·ḥă·wun·na·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2324: 1) to show, interpret, explain, inform, tell, declare 1a) (Pael) to show, interpret 1b) (Aphel) to show

its interpretation.”
פִשְׁרֵ֖הּ (p̄iš·rêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6591: 1) interpretation (of dream)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me FALSE and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”

Young's Literal Translation
{A1768.htm" title="{A1768">[so] that{A2006.htm" title="{A2006">, if{A9988.htm" title="{A9988"> the{A2493.htm" title="{A2493"> dream{A3809.htm" title="{A3809"> ye do not{A9921.htm" title="{A9921"> cause me{A3046.htm" title="{A3046"> to know{A2298.htm" title="{A2298">—one{A9922.htm" title="{A9922"> is your{A1882.htm" title="{A1882"> sentence{A4406.htm" title="{A4406">, seeing a word{A3538.htm" title="{A3538"> lying{A9989.htm" title="{A9989"> and{A7844.htm" title="{A7844"> corrupt{A2164.htm" title="{A2164"> ye have prepared{A9987.htm" title="{A9987"> to{A560.htm" title="{A560"> speak{A6925.htm" title="{A6925"> before{A9921.htm" title="{A9921"> me{A5705.htm" title="{A5705">, till{A1768.htm" title="{A1768"> that{A9988.htm" title="{A9988"> the{A5732.htm" title="{A5732"> time{A8133.htm" title="{A8133"> is changed{A3861.htm" title="{A3861">, therefore{A9988.htm" title="{A9988"> the{A2493.htm" title="{A2493"> dream{A560.htm" title="{A560"> tell{A9987.htm" title="{A9987"> ye to{A9921.htm" title="{A9921"> me{A9989.htm" title="{A9989">, then{A3046.htm" title="{A3046"> do I know{A1768.htm" title="{A1768"> that{A9927.htm" title="{A9927"> its{A6591.htm" title="{A6591"> interpretation{A2324.htm" title="{A2324"> ye do shew{A9921.htm" title="{A9921"> me.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you don’t tell me the dream, there is one decree for you. You have conspired to tell me something false or fraudulent until the situation changes. So tell me the dream and I will know you can give me its interpretation.”

New American Standard Bible
that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation."

King James Bible
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, [there is but] one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me."

New Living Translation
'If you don't tell me the dream, you are doomed.' So you have conspired to tell me lies, hoping I will change my mind. But tell me the dream, and then I'll know that you can tell me what it means."

English Standard Version
if you do not make the dream known to me, there is but one sentence for you. You have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till the times change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.”

New American Standard Bible
that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation."

King James Bible
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you don't tell me the dream, there is one decree for you. You have conspired to tell me something false or fraudulent until the situation changes. So tell me the dream and I will know you can give me its interpretation."

International Standard Version
So if you don't disclose the dream to me, there will be only one sentence for all of you. You have conspired together to present lies and corrupt interpretations until the situation changes. Now tell me the dream and I'll know that you can reveal its true meaning."

NET Bible
If you don't inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence that you can disclose its interpretation."

American Standard Version
But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.

English Revised Version
But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

Young's Literal Translation
so that, if the dream ye do not cause me to know -- one is your sentence, seeing a word lying and corrupt ye have prepared to speak before me, till that the time is changed, therefore the dream tell ye to me, then do I know that its interpretation ye do shew me.'
















Cross References
Esther 4:11
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Isaiah 41:23
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

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.

Daniel 2:21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

Daniel 3:15
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Daniel 2:7
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

Daniel 2:6
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

Daniel 2:10
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

Daniel 2:11
And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

Daniel 2:12
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Jump to Previous
Agreed Changed Corrupt Declare Decree Dream Interpretation Law Prepared Shew Show Speak Thereof Time Together Words
Jump to Next
Agreed Changed Corrupt Declare Decree Dream Interpretation Law Prepared Shew Show Speak Thereof Time Together Words
Links
Daniel 2:9 NIV
Daniel 2:9 NLT
Daniel 2:9 ESV
Daniel 2:9 NASB
Daniel 2:9 KJV

Daniel 2:9 Bible Apps
Daniel 2:9 Parallel
Daniel 2:9 Biblia Paralela
Daniel 2:9 Chinese Bible
Daniel 2:9 French Bible
Daniel 2:9 German Bible

Daniel 2:9 Commentaries

Bible Hub
Daniel 2:8
Top of Page
Top of Page