Daniel 2 · Verse 6

Daniel 2:6

But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
Daniel 2:6, King James Version

Daniel 2:6 in other translations

BSBBut 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.”
WEBBut if you show the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.”
ASVBut if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and the interpretation thereof.
YLTand if the dream and its interpretation ye do shew, gifts, and fee, and great glory ye receive from before me, therefore the dream and its interpretation shew ye me.'
DARBYBut if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; therefore shew me the dream and its interpretation.
BBEBut if you make clear the dream and the sense of it, you will have from me offerings and rewards and great honour: so make clear to me the dream and the sense of it.
WebsterBut if ye shall show the dream, and the interpretation of it, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream, and the interpretation of it.

What does Daniel 2:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. rewards--literally, "presents poured out in lavish profusion."

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 2:6 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.

וְהֵ֨ןve.Henand ifH2006
חֶלְמָ֤אchel.Ma'dream theH2493
וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙u.fish.Rehand interpretation itsH6591
תְּֽהַחֲוֹ֔ןte.ha.cha.Vonyou will declareH2324
מַתְּנָ֤ןma.te.NangiftsH4978
וּנְבִזְבָּה֙u.ne.viz.Bahand a rewardH5023
וִיקָ֣רvi.Karand honorH3367
שַׂגִּ֔יאsa.Gi'greatH7690
תְּקַבְּל֖וּןte.ka.be.Lunyou will receiveH6902
מִן\־min-fromH4481
קֳדָמָ֑יko.da.Maibefore meH6925
לָהֵ֕ןla.HenthereforeH2006
חֶלְמָ֥אchel.Ma'dream theH2493
וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.Rehand interpretation itsH6591
הַחֲוֹֽנִי\׃ha.cha.Vo.nideclare to meH2324

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

Cross references for Daniel 2:6

  • Daniel 5:7

    The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

  • Daniel 2:48

    Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

  • Daniel 5:29

    Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

  • Numbers 22:37

    And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

  • Numbers 24:11

    Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.

  • Numbers 22:17

    For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

  • Numbers 22:7

    And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  • Daniel 5:16-17

    And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye shall.
48; 5:7,16,29; Nu 22:7,17,37; 24:11
rewards. or, fee.
5:17; *marg:

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

Context

  • Daniel 2:5

    The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

  • Daniel 2:6

    But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

  • Daniel 2:7

    They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

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Daniel 2:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y si mostrareis el sueño y su declaración, recibiréis de mí dones y mercedes y grande honra: por tanto, mostradme el sueño y su declaración.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
mais, si vous indiquez le songe et son interprétation, vous recevrez de ma part des dons, et des présents, et de grands honneurs. Indiquez-moi donc le songe et son interprétation.
German
Elberfelder 1871
wenn ihr aber den Traum und seine Deutung anzeiget, so sollt ihr Geschenke und Gaben und große Ehre von mir empfangen. Darum zeiget mir den Traum und seine Deutung an.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si autem somnium, et conjecturam ejus narraveritis, præmia, et dona, et honorem multum accipietis a me. Somnium igitur, et interpretationem ejus indicate mihi.