8The king hath answered and said, 'Of a truth I know that time ye are gaining, because that ye have seen that the thing is gone from me,


In Context

5 The king hath answered and said to the Chaldeans, 'The thing from me is gone; if ye do not cause me to know the dream and its interpretation, pieces ye are made, and your houses are made dunghills;

6 and 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.'

7 They have answered a second time, and are saying, 'Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and the interpretation we do shew.

8 The king hath answered and said, 'Of a truth I know that time ye are gaining, because that ye have seen that the thing is gone from me,

9 so that, if the dream ye do not cause me to know — one is your sentence, seeing a word lying and corrupt ye have prepared to speak before me, till that the time is changed, therefore the dream tell ye to me, then do I know that its interpretation ye do shew me.'

10 The Chaldeans have answered before the king, and are saying, 'There is not a man on the earth who is able to shew the king's matter; therefore, no king, chief, and ruler, hath asked such a thing as this of any scribe, and enchanter, and Chaldean;

Daniel 2:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:8Then the king answered, "I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:8The king answered, and said: I know for certain that you seek to gain time, since you know that the thing is gone from me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word is gone forth from me;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:8The king answered and said, I know of a certain that ye would gain time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8The king answered and said, I know of certainty that you would gain the time, because you see the thing is gone from me.