Daniel 2:9

2:9 If you don’t inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. 1  For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful 2  until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence 3  that you can disclose its interpretation.”

Daniel 4:19

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

4:19 Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; 4  his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir, 5  if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!

1 tn Aram “one is your law,” i.e., only one thing is applicable to you.

2 tn Aram “a lying and corrupt word.”

3 tn Aram “I will know.”

4 tn Aram “about one hour.” The expression refers idiomatically to a brief period of time of undetermined length.

5 tn Aram “my lord.”