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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 interpretation: but thou [art] able; for the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee.

This {H1836} dream {H2493} I {H576} king {H4430} Nebuchadnezzar {H5020} have seen {H2370}. Now thou {H607}, O Belteshazzar {H1096}, declare {H560} the interpretation {H6591} thereof, forasmuch as {H6903} all {H3606} the wise {H2445} men of my kingdom {H4437} are not {H3809} able {H3202} to make known {H3046} unto me the interpretation {H6591}: but thou {H607} art able {H3546}; for the spirit {H7308} of the holy {H6922} gods {H426} is in thee.

"'This is the dream which I, King N'vukhadnetzar, saw. Now you, Belt'shatzar, tell me its interpretation. None of the sages of my kingdom can tell me the interpretation, but you can do it, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.'

This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation; but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 41:8 (5 votes)

    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 5:15 (5 votes)

    And now the wise [men], the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:

  • Daniel 4:7 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Daniel 4:9 (4 votes)

    O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

  • Daniel 5:8 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 41:15 (4 votes)

    And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and [there is] none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, [that] thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

  • Isaiah 19:3 (2 votes)

    And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.