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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 thereof.

Then {H116} came {H5954} in all {H3606} the king's {H4430} wise {H2445} men: but they could {H3546} not {H3809} read {H7123} the writing {H3792}, nor make known {H3046} to the king {H4430} the interpretation {H6591} thereof.

But although all the king's sages came in, none could read the inscription or tell the king what it meant.

So all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or interpret it for him.

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

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Cross-References

  • Daniel 2:27 (5 votes)

    Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise [men], the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

  • 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.

  • Genesis 41:8 (4 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.

  • Isaiah 47:9 (2 votes)

    But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

  • Isaiah 47:12 (2 votes)

    Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

  • Isaiah 47:15 (2 votes)

    Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

  • Daniel 5:15 (2 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: