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Daniel 2:8
The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.
Daniel 2:8 · Berean Standard Bible
Daniel 2:8 in other translations
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.
The king answered, "I know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me.
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In context
5 The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
6 But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation.”
7 They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”
8 The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.
9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”
10 The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
11 What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
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