Daniel 2 · Verse 3

Daniel 2:3

And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
Daniel 2:3, King James Version

Daniel 2:3 in other translations

BSBhe said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”
WEBThe king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”
ASVAnd the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
YLTand the king saith to them, ‘A dream I have dreamed, and moved is my spirit to know the dream.'
DARBYAnd the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
BBEAnd the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is troubled by the desire to have the dream made clear to me.
WebsterAnd the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

What does Daniel 2:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. troubled to know the dream--He awoke in alarm, remembering that something solemn had been presented to him in a dream, without being able to recall the form in which it had clothed itself. His thoughts on the unprecedented greatness to which his power had attained (Da 2:29) made him anxious to know what the issue of all this should be. God meets this wish in the way most calculated to impress him.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 2:1-13

Nebuchadnezzar's dream. (Dn 2:1-13) It is revealed to Daniel. (Dn 2:14-23) He obtains admission to the king. (Dn 2:24-30) The dream and the interpretation. (Dn 2:31-45) Honours to Daniel and his friends. (Dn 2:46-49) Verses 1-13 The greatest men are most open to cares and troubles of mind, which disturb their repose in the night, while the sleep of the labouring man is sweet and sound. We know not the uneasiness of…

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Daniel 2:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לָהֶ֛םla.Hemto them
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
חֲל֣וֹםcha.Loma dreamH2472
חָלָ֑מְתִּיcha.La.me.tiI have dreamedH2492
וַתִּפָּ֣עֶםva.ti.Pa.'emand it was troubledH6470
רוּחִ֔יru.Chispirit myH7307
לָדַ֖עַתla.Da.'atto knowH3045
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַחֲלֽוֹם\׃ha.cha.Lomthe dreamH2472

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 2:3

  • Genesis 40:8

    And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

  • Genesis 41:15

    And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

  • Daniel 4:5

    I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

  • Daniel 2:1

    And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1; Ge 40:8; 41:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Daniel 2:2

    Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

  • Daniel 2:3

    And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

  • Daniel 2:4

    Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

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Daniel 2:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el rey les dijo: He soñado un sueño, y mi espíritu se ha perturbado por saber del sueño.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi leur dit: J’ai songé un songe, et mon esprit est agité pour connaître le songe.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der König sprach zu ihnen: Ich habe einen Traum gehabt, und mein Geist ist beunruhigt, um den Traum zu wissen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixit ad eos rex: Vidi somnium, et mente confusus ignoro quid viderim.