Daniel 2:8

Hebrew	עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מִן יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא
ESV	The king answered and said, “I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see that the word from me is firm-
NIV	Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided:
NLT	The king replied, “I know what you are doing! You're stalling for time because you know I am serious when I say,
LXX	καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” εἶπεν αὐτοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article βασιλεύς ἐπ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι καιρὸν ὑμεῖς ἐξαγοράζετε καθάπερ ἑωράκατε ὅτι ἀπέστη ἀπ ἐμοῦ τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article πρᾶγμα καθάπερ οὖν προστέταχα οὕτως ἔσταιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
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.

^{Daniel 2:7 ← Daniel 2:8 → Daniel 2:9}

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