Daniel 2:16
Daniel went in and desired of the king, that he would give him time to resolve the question and declare it to the king.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Daniel ingressus rogavit regem ut tempus daret sibi ad solutionem indicandam regi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ Δανιὴλ ἠξίωσεν τὸν βασιλέα ὅπως χρόνον δῷ αὐτῷ, καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτοῦ ἀναγγείλῃ τῷ βασιλεῖ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל עַ֖ל וּבְעָ֣ה מִן מַלְכָּ֑א דִּ֚י זְמָ֣ן יִנְתֵּן לֵ֔הּ וּפִשְׁרָ֖א לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא
Haydock's commentary
Declare the dream. (Haydock)
The Chaldeans had promised only to explain it, and the king knew the superior merit of Daniel. (Chap. i. 19.) (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.