Verse 8
Daniel 5:8
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Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
Original Language Text
hebrew
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
English Translation
Then all the wise men of the king came, and they were not able to read the writing and to make known its interpretation to the king.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousan...
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Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuch...
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Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God (Elohim)...
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They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of sto...
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In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon...
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Then the king’s countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his...
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7
The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spake...
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Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the kin...
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Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords wer...
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10
Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the quee...
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11
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father...
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forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shew...
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13
Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Danie...
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I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and e...
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And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this wri...
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But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou can...
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17
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to...
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18
O thou king, the Most High God (Elohim) gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, a...
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and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and...
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But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened that he dealt proudly, he was deposed...
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and he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was...
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And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
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but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his hous...
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Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
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And this is the writing that was inscribed, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
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This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God (Elohim) hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought i...
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TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
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PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
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Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his ne...
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And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
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