H3705–כְּעַן–ke.an

The king may be certain that when the building of this town and its walls is complete, they will give no tax or payment in goods or forced payments, and in the end it will be a cause of loss to the kings.

כְּעַ֗ן ke.'An “now”

Now because we are responsible to the king, and it is not right for us to see the king's honour damaged, we have sent to give the king word of these things,

כְּעַ֗ן ke.'An “now”

Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.

כְּעַן֙ ke.'An “now”

Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its bases: and from that time till now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.

כְּעַ֛ן ke.'An “now”

So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasur

וּכְעַ֞ן (כְעַ֞ן) khe.'An “now”

So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Apharsachites across the river, keep far from that place:

כְּעַ֡ן ke.'An “now”

I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.

וּכְעַ֤ן (כְעַ֤ן) khe.'An “now”

Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same h

כְּעַ֞ן ke.'An “now”

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

כְּעַ֞ן ke.'An “now”

Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and the power of reading dreams and unfolding dark sayings and answering hard questions, were seen to be in him, even in Daniel (named Belteshazzar by the king): now let Daniel be sent for, and he w

כְּעַ֛ן ke.'An “now”

And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:

וּכְעַ֞ן (כְעַ֞ן) khe.'An “now”

And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and

כְּעַ֡ן ke.'An “now”

Now, O King, put the order in force, signing the writing so that it may not be changed, like the law of the Medes and Persians which may not come to an end.

כְּעַ֣ן ke.'An “now”