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Selected Verse: Daniel 5:8 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Da 5:8	Strong Concordance	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.
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The words were in such a character as to be illegible to the Chaldees, God reserving this honor to Daniel.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The words were in such a character as to be illegible to the Chaldees, God reserving this honor to Daniel.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Then came in all the king's wise men - The classes above referred to, Dan 5:7. But they could not read the writing - The character was an unknown character to them. It may have been a character which was not found in any language, and which made the power of Daniel to read it the more remarkable, or it may have been, as suggested in the notes at Dan 5:7, a foreign character with which they had no acquaintance, though familiar to Daniel.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Then came in all the king's wise men - The classes above referred to, Dan 5:7.

But they could not read the writing - The character was an unknown character to them. It may have been a character which was not found in any language, and which made the power of Daniel to read it the more remarkable, or it may have been, as suggested in the notes at Dan 5:7, a foreign character with which they had no acquaintance, though familiar to Daniel.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
They could not read the writing - Because it was in the pure Hebrew, not the Chaldean character. See below.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

They could not read the writing - Because it was in the pure Hebrew, not the Chaldean character. See below.

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