"The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. {…" — Daniel 2:8

Daniel 2:8 · KJV

“The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. {gain: Chaldee, buy}”

— Daniel 2:8

Verse 7

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

Verse 9

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, {there is but} one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

Daniel 2 — Context

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. {rewards: or, fee}

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

The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. {gain: Chaldee, buy}

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore {there is} no king, lord, nor ruler, {that} asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:16

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.