Daniel 5:17
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
KJV
Ad quæ respondens Daniel, ait coram rege : Munera tua sint tibi, et dona domus tuæ alteri da : scripturam autem legam tibi, rex, et interpretationem ejus ostendam tibi.
Vulgate
τότε Δανιὴλ ἔστη κατέναντι τῆς γραφῆς καὶ ἀνέγνω, καὶ οὕτως ἀπεκρίθη τῷ βασιλεῖ Αὕτη ἡ γραφή Ἠρίθμηται, κατελογίσθη, ἐξῆρται· καὶ ἔστη ἡ γράψασα χείρ, καὶ αὕτη ἡ σύγκρισις αὐτῶν.
LXX
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
ASV
בֵּ/אדַ֜יִן עָנֵ֣ה דָנִיֵּ֗אל וְ/אָמַר֙ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֔/א מַתְּנָתָ/ךְ֙ לָ֣/ךְ לֶֽהֶוְיָ֔ן וּ/נְבָ֥זְבְּיָתָ֖/ךְ לְ/אָחֳרָ֣ן הַ֑ב בְּרַ֗ם כְּתָבָ/א֙ אֶקְרֵ֣א לְ/מַלְכָּ֔/א וּ/פִשְׁרָ֖/א אֲהוֹדְעִנֵּֽ/הּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Many prophets and righteous men (it is said) have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them. Matthew 13:17 Did then those righteous men know all the things to come? Yea, most certainly. For if because of the weakness of those who were not able to receive Him, the Son was not revealed, — …
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 5:16 — But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
- 2Kgs 5:16 — But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
- Acts 8:20 — But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
- Dan 10:1 — In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, an
- Gen 14:23 — That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: