Verse 15
Daniel 5:15
Bible in Basic English
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And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/כְעַ֞ן הֻעַ֣לּוּ קָֽדָמַ֗/י חַכִּֽימַיָּ/א֙ אָֽשְׁפַיָּ֔/א דִּֽי כְתָבָ֤/ה דְנָה֙ יִקְר֔וֹן וּ/פִשְׁרֵ֖/הּ לְ/הוֹדָעֻתַ֑/נִי וְ/לָֽא כָהֲלִ֥ין פְּשַֽׁר מִלְּתָ֖/א לְ/הַחֲוָיָֽה
English Translation
And then the wise ones were brought before me, so that they might read this writing and interpret it to make known to me, but the interpretation of the words was not made known.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousan...
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Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for them to put before him the gold and sil...
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3
Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God (Eloh...
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4
They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and...
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5
In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light...
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Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from h...
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The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the...
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Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sen...
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Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a...
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10
The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the house of the feast: the que...
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11
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your fathe...
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12
Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and the power of reading dreams and unfoldin...
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13
Then they took Daniel in before the king; the king made answer and said to Daniel, So you are that D...
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14
And I have had news of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and reason and spe...
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15
And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of readi...
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And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard qu...
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17
Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your offerings for yourself, and give your reward...
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18
As for you, O King, the Most High God (Elohim) gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and...
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19
And because of the great power he gave him, all peoples and nations and languages were shaking in fe...
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20
But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his pla...
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And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was...
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And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge o...
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But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of h...
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Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.
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And this is the writing which was recorded, Mene, tekel, peres.
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This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God (Elohim) and ended.
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Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.
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Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.
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29
Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck,...
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30
That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
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31
And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.
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