Daniel 2:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Daniel 2:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Daniel 2:9 is a verse from the book of Daniel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Daniel 2:9 — KJV
“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.”
— Daniel 2:9 (KJV)
Daniel 2:9 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 2:9
“Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 2:9: make, known, dream
“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 2:9: make, known, dream
“Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 2:9: make, known, dream
“And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:”
Shares key themes with Daniel 2:9: make, known, before
“And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 2:9: make, known, dream
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