Daniel 5:8
Daniel chapter 5 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then came in all the king’s wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then came in all the king’s wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
Context
v.7The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
v.8This passage
v.9Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 47:9
but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.
- Daniel 2:27
Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show unto the king;
- Daniel 5:15
And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.
- Isaiah 47:12
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
- Genesis 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 none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
- Daniel 4:7
Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.