Daniel 2:5

The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

The king {H4430} answered {H6032} and said {H560} to the Chaldeans {H3779}, The thing {H4406} is gone {H230} from me {H4481}: if {H2006} ye will not {H3809} make known {H3046} unto me the dream {H2493}, with the interpretation {H6591} thereof, ye shall be cut {H5648} in pieces {H1917}, and your houses {H1005} shall be made {H7761} a dunghill {H5122}.

The king answered the astrologers, "Here is what I have decided: if you don't tell me both the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses reduced to rubble.

The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

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Cross-References

  • Ezra 6:11 (6 votes)

    Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

  • Daniel 3:29 (6 votes)

    Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

  • 2 Kings 10:27 (4 votes)

    And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

  • Psalms 50:22 (3 votes)

    Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.

  • Deuteronomy 13:16 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

  • 1 Samuel 15:33 (2 votes)

    And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

  • Daniel 2:12 (2 votes)

    For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.