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Daniel 5:8

Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.

KJV

Tunc ingressi omnes sapientes regis non potuerunt nec scripturam legere, nec interpretationem indicare regi.

Vulgate

καὶ εἰσεπορεύοντο οἱ ἐπαοιδοὶ καὶ φαρμακοὶ καὶ γαζαρηνοί, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο οὐδεὶς τὸ σύγκριμα τῆς γραφῆς ἀπαγγεῖλαι.

LXX

Then came in all the king’s wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

ASV

אֱדַ֨יִן֙ עללין עָֽלִּ֔ין כֹּ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֣י מַלְכָּ֑/א וְ/לָֽא כָהֲלִ֤ין כְּתָבָ/א֙ לְ/מִקְרֵ֔א ו/פשר/א וּ/פִשְׁרֵ֖/הּ לְ/הוֹדָעָ֥ה לְ/מַלְכָּֽ/א

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
noun · 12×
א
'
noun · 179×
אדַ֣יִן
'dyn
adverb · 57×
הּ
h
noun · 32×
חַכִּימֵ֣י
chkymy
noun · 14×
כָל
kl
verb · 101×
כָּהֵ֗ל
khl
verb · 4×
לָ֥א
l'
particle · 82×
נִי
ny
verb · 47×
עַ֣ל
'l
verb · 17×
קָרֵ֣א
qr'
verb · 11×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 2:27 — Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
  • Dan 4:7 — Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
  • Dan 4:18 — This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretat
  • Dan 5:5 — In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
  • Exod 8:18 — And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
  • Gen 41:8 — And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was non