Daniel 2:10

"But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.”"

Key Reflection

In Daniel 2:10, King Nebuchadnezzar issues a stern warning to the wise men of Babylon. He asserts that if they do not reveal the dream he has had, they will face severe punishment, including execution. The king accuses them of preparing deceitful and corrupt words in an attempt to delay providing the dream's interpretation until it is too late. This scene highlights the high stakes and the seriousness with which Nebuchadnezzar approaches his divine revelation, emphasizing that no excuses or false pretenses will be accepted from those who claim knowledge but fail to deliver.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said -Perhaps the “Chaldeans” answered because they were the highest in favor, and were those in whom most confidence was usually reposed in such matters. See the notes atDaniel 2:2. On such an occasion, those would be likely to be put forward to announce their inability to do this who would be supposed to be able to interpret the dream, if any could, and on whom most reliance was usually placed. There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king’s matter -Chaldee,על־יבשׁתא‛al-yabeshethâ'- “upon the dry ground.” CompareGenesis 1:10. The meaning is, that the thing was utterly beyond the power of man.

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