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And [it is] a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

And it is a rare {H3358} thing {H4406} that the king {H4430} requireth {H7593}, and there is {H383} none {H3809} other {H321} that can shew {H2324} it before {H6925} the king {H4430}, except {H3861} the gods {H426}, whose dwelling {H4070} is {H383} not {H3809} with {H5974} flesh {H1321}.

The king is asking a difficult thing; nobody but the gods could tell this to your majesty, and they don't live with mere mortals."

What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

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Cross-References

  • Daniel 5:11 (6 votes)

    There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, [I say], thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, [and] soothsayers;

  • Genesis 41:39 (3 votes)

    And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, [there is] none so discreet and wise as thou [art]:

  • Exodus 29:45 (3 votes)

    And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

  • John 14:23 (3 votes)

    Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  • Matthew 19:26 (3 votes)

    But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

  • Isaiah 57:15 (3 votes)

    For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  • John 1:14 (3 votes)

    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.