Daniel 2:8
The king answered, and said: I know for certain that you seek to gain time, since you know that the thing is gone from me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Respondit rex, et ait : Certe novi quod tempus redimitis, scientes quod recesserit a me sermo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ εἶπεν Ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι καιρὸν ὑμεῖς ἐξαγοράζετε, καθότι εἴδετε ὅτι ἀπέστη ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ τὸ ῥῆμα.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מִן יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא
Haydock's commentary
Gain. Literally, "redeem" (Haydock)
St. Paul uses a similar expression, exhorting us to save our souls even at the expense of our temporal interest. (Calmet)
The diviners wished to give the king's fury time to abate, (Haydock) and to save their lives; (Calmet) or delay punishment, at least, as much as possible. (Haydock)
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.