Daniel 2:3
And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and being troubled in mind I know not what I saw.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et dixit ad eos rex : Vidi somnium, et mente confusus ignoro quid viderim.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεύς Ἠνυπνιάσθην, καὶ ἐξέστη τὸ πνεῦμά μου τοῦ γνῶναι τὸ ἐνύπνιον.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֧אמֶר לָהֶ֛ם הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חֲל֣וֹם חָלָ֑מְתִּי וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם רוּחִ֔י לָדַ֖עַת אֶֽת הַחֲלֽוֹם
Haydock's commentary
I know. Hebrew also, "to know or understand what," &c.
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.
The Fathers on this verse
St Hippolytus On Daniel, Section III
Chap. ii. 3 “I have dreamed a dream.” The dream, then, which was seen by the king was not an earthly dream, so that it might be interpreted by the wise of the world; but it was a heavenly dream, fulfilled in its proper times, according to the counsel and foreknowledge of God. And for this reason it was kept secret from men who think of earthly things, that to those who seek after heavenly things heavenly mysteries might be revealed. And, indeed, there was a similar case in Egypt in the time of Pharaoh and Joseph.