Daniel 2:8

The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.

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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.

ASV

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

YLT

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,

DBT

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

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Therefore, so that the Chaldeans, who had plotted in some way, would not deceive the king with words of deceit, Nebuchadnezzar, who was sorely pricked, said to them, "'I myself know, in truth, that you are buying time, because you see that the matter has departed from me. And so if you do not report to me the dream, I know that you have contrived to say a false and twisted word before me until the matter is forgotten.'

Hippolytus of Rome· Commentary on Daniel 2.3, 235patristic

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The king answered and said, I know of certainty,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

That ye would gain the time - The king means either that they wished to prolong the time that he might recollect it, or get indifferent about it; or that they might invent something in the place of it; or make their escape to save their lives, after having packed up their valuables. See Dan 2:9.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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Ephesians 5:16
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Colossians 4:5
Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

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Daniel in the Lions' Den — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Daniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (both positions surfaced)
Date: Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2

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Ephesians 5:16
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
leads to
- Colossians 4:5
  Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
- Amos 5:13
  Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- John 12:35
  Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
- Ecclesiastes 12:1
  Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
Through
Colossians 4:5
Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:15–17
  Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
- James 3:13
  Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:12
  Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
- James 3:17
  But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

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