Daniel 2:36
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
American King James Version (AKJV)
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
American Standard Version (ASV)
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the sense of it.
Webster's Revision
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.
World English Bible
This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
English Revised Version (ERV)
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
Definitions for Daniel 2:36
Barnes's Daniel 2:36 Bible Commentary
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king - Daniel here speaks in his own name, and in the name of his companions. Hence, he says, "we will tell the interpretation." It was in answer to their united supplications Daniel 2:18, that this meaning of the vision had been made known to him; and it would not only have been a violation of the rules of modesty, but an unjust assumption, if Daniel had claimed the whole credit of the revelation to himself. Though he was the only one who addressed the king, yet he seems to have desired that it might be understood that he was not alone in the honor which God had conferred, and that he wished that his companions should be had in just remembrance. Compare Daniel 2:49.
Wesley's Daniel 2:36 Bible Commentary
2:36 And we — By this word we appears Daniel's piety and modesty, or he declares by it, that he and his companions had begged this skill from God, and therefore he did not arrogate it to himself.