Daniel 2:23
Good News Translation
I praise you and honor you, God of my ancestors. You have given me wisdom and strength; you have answered my prayer and shown us what to tell the king."

New Revised Standard Version
To you, O God of my ancestors, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and power, and have now revealed to me what we asked of you, for you have revealed to us what the king ordered.”

Contemporary English Version
You are the God who was worshiped by my ancestors. Now I thank you and praise you for making me wise and telling me the king's dream, together with its meaning."

New American Bible
To you, God of my ancestors, I give thanks and praise, because you have given me wisdom and power. Now you have shown me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the king’s dream.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
To thee, O God of our fathers, I give thanks, and I praise thee: because thou hast given me wisdom and strength: and now thou hast shewn me what we desired of thee, for thou hast made known to us the king's discourse.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

To thee, O God of our fathers, I give thanks, and I praise thee: because thou hast given me wisdom and strength: and now thou hast shewn me what we desired of thee, for thou hast made known to us the king's discourse.

thank.

1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore our God we give thanks to thee, and we praise thy glorious name.

Psalm 50:14 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.

Psalm 103:1-4 For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name. . . .

Isaiah 12:1 And thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

Luke 10:21 In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight.

John 11:41 They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifting up his eyes, said: Father, I give thee thanks that thou hast heard me.

O thou.

Genesis 32:9-11 And Jacob said: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac: O Lord who saidst to me, Return to thy land, and to the place of thy birth, and I will do well for thee. . . .

Exodus 3:15 And God said again to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: The Lord God of your fathers the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob hath sent me to you; this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

1 Kings 8:57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers, and not leave us, nor cast us off:

1 Kings 18:36 And when it was now time to offer the holocaust, Elias, the prophet, came near and said: O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, shew this day that thou art the God of Israel, and I thy servant, and that according to thy commandment I have done all these things.

1 Chronicles 29:10 And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude, and he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.

2 Chronicles 20:6 And said: O Lord God of our fathers, thou art God in heaven, and rulest over all the kingdoms and nations, in thy hand is strength and power, and no one can resist thee.

who hast.

Daniel 2:20,21 And speaking, he said: Blessed be the name of the Lord from eternity and for evermore: for wisdom and fortitude are his. . . .

Proverbs 8:14 By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things.

Proverbs 21:22 The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast down the strength of the confidence thereof.

Proverbs 24:5 A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.

Ecclesiastes 7:19 Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16,18 And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard? . . .

and hast.

Daniel 2:18,29,30 To the end that they should ask mercy at the face of the God of heaven, concerning this secret, and that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. . . .

Genesis 18:17 And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:

Psalm 25:14 The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.

Amos 3:7 For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

John 15:15 I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends. because all things, whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.

Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to make known to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass: and signified, sending by his angel to his servant John,

Revelation 5:5 And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not: behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Context
The Dream Revealed to Daniel
22He revealeth deep and hidden things, and knoweth what is in darkness: and light is with him. 23To thee, O God of our fathers, I give thanks, and I praise thee: because thou hast given me wisdom and strength: and now thou hast shewn me what we desired of thee, for thou hast made known to us the king's discourse.
Cross References
Genesis 31:42
Unless the God of my father, Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had stood by me, peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.

Exodus 3:15
And God said again to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: The Lord God of your fathers the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob hath sent me to you; this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

Psalm 21:2
Thou hast given him his heart's desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

Psalm 21:4
He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

Daniel 1:17
And to these children God gave knowledge, and understanding in every book, and wisdom: but to Daniel the understanding also of all visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:18
To the end that they should ask mercy at the face of the God of heaven, concerning this secret, and that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:21
And he changeth times and ages: taketh away kingdoms, and establisheth them: giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding:

Daniel 2:29
Thou, O king, didst begin to think in thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth mysteries shewed thee what shall come to pass.

Daniel 2:22
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