Daniel 2:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Daniel 2:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Daniel 2:8 is a verse from the book of Daniel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. g..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Daniel 2:8 — KJV
“The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. gain: Chaldee, buy”
— Daniel 2:8 (KJV)
Daniel 2:8 in Context — About the Book of Daniel
Daniel proves you can serve God at full integrity inside a hostile empire. Lions' den, fiery furnace, interpreted dreams, and twenty-one-day prayer battles — Daniel and his friends out-pray and out-live every decree against them, while visions unveil God's rule over all kingdoms and centuries.
Cross-References for Daniel 2:8
“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. cut...: Chaldee, made pieces”
Shares key themes with Daniel 2:8: king, answered, know
“See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 2:8: king, know, certainty
“Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. a lord...: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand”
Shares key themes with Daniel 2:8: king, answered, would
“And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. seek...: Heb. roll himself upon us”
Shares key themes with Daniel 2:8: gain, time, because
“And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 2:8: king, answered, gain
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