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Daniel 5:8

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Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation.

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Daniel 5:8 in other translations

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

Daniel 5:8 · American Standard Version

Daniel 5:8 in context

  1. 6Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.
  2. 7The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
  3. 8Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation.
  4. 9Then king Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
  5. 10The queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house. The queen spoke and said, “O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.