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Selected Verse: Daniel 5:15 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Da 5:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And now [03705] the wise [02445] men, the astrologers [0826], have been brought [05954] in before [06925] me, that they should read [07123] this [01836] writing [03792], and make known [03046] unto me the interpretation [06591] thereof: but they could [03546] not [03809] shew [02324] the interpretation [06591] of the thing [04406]: |
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King James |
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: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And now the wise men ... - Dan 5:7-8. |
7 The king [04430] cried [07123] aloud [02429] to bring [05954] in the astrologers [0826], the Chaldeans [03779], and the soothsayers [01505]. And the king [04430] spake [06032], and said [0560] to the wise [02445] men of Babylon [0895], Whosoever [0606] [03606] shall read [07123] this [01836] writing [03792], and shew [02324] me the interpretation [06591] thereof, shall be clothed [03848] with scarlet [0711], and have a chain [02002] of gold [01722] about [05922] his neck [06676], and shall be the third [08523] ruler [07981] in the kingdom [04437].
8 Then [0116] came [05954] in all [03606] the king's [04430] wise [02445] men: but they could [03546] not [03809] read [07123] the writing [03792], nor make known [03046] to the king [04430] the interpretation [06591] thereof.