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DANIEL 2:23
KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.”
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Daniel 2:23 Translation & Meaning
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
| “I” | אֲנָ֔ה | I | I |
| “thank” | מְהוֹדֵ֤א | To praise | thank |
| “thee, and praise” | וּמְשַׁבַּח֙ | To adulate, i.e., adore | praise |
| “thee, O thou God” | אֱלָ֣הּ | God | O God |
| “of my fathers,” | אֲבָהָתִ֗י | Father | fathers |
| “who” | דִּ֧י | That, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of | who |
| “hast given” | יְהַ֣בְתְּ | To give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come | given |
| “me wisdom” | חָכְמְתָ֛א | Wisdom | wisdom |
| “and might,” | וּגְבוּרְתָ֖א | Power | might |
| “and hast made known” | הֽוֹדַעְתַּ֙נִי֙ | To inform | made known |
| “unto me now” | וּכְעַ֤ן | Now | now |
| “what” | דִּֽי | That, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of | what |
| “we desired” | בְעֵ֣ינָא | To seek or ask | desired |
| “of thee:” | מִנָּ֔ךְ | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of | of thee |
| “for” | דִּֽי | That, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of | for |
| “thou hast made known” | הוֹדַעְתֶּֽנָא׃ | To inform | made known |
| “now” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “unto us the king's” | מַלְכָּ֖א | A king | kings |
| “matter.” | מִלַּ֥ת | A word, command, discourse, or subject | matter |
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21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
Sources:
The King James Bible (1611) and Strong's Concordance (1890) with Hebrew and Greek dictionaries are sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool.