Daniel 2:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

They answered again and said: Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation of it.
Douay-Rheims

עֲנ֥וֹ תִנְיָנ֖וּת וְאָמְרִ֑ין מַלְכָּ֕א חֶלְמָ֛א יֵאמַ֥ר לְעַבְד֖וֹהִי וּפִשְׁרָ֥ה נְהַחֲוֵֽה׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

You must "tell the dream to your servant, and we will convey it to him." They acknowledge their bondage, yet they are equally aware of their essence; they could interpret the dream if they acknowledged it, but they are unable to recount the dream that was shown to you and later slipped from your memory. Despite this, the anxious individual persisted, insisting on being reminded of the dream.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Dan 2:4And the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy servants thy dream, and we will declare the interpretation thereof.
Dan 2:9If, therefore, you tell me not the dream, there is one sentence concerning you, that you have also framed a lying interpretation, and full of deceit, to speak before me till the time pass away. Tell me, therefore, the dream, that I may know that you also give a true interpretation thereof.
Eccl 10:4If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.