Daniel 5
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Daniel 5:11-14

11ThereH383 is a 1manH1400 in your kingdomH4437 in whomH1768 is 2a 3spiritH7308 of the holyH6922 godsH426; and in the daysH3118 of your fatherH2, illuminationH5094, insightH7924 and wisdomH2452 like the wisdomH2452 of the godsH426 were foundH7912 in him. And KingH4430 NebuchadnezzarH5020, your fatherH2, your fatherH2 45the kingH4430, appointedH6966 him chiefH7229 of the 6magiciansH2749, conjurersH826, 7ChaldeansH3779 and divinersH1505. 12This was becauseH3606H6903H1768 an 8extraordinaryH3493 spiritH7308, knowledgeH4486 and insightH7924, interpretationH6590 of dreamsH2493, explanationH263 of enigmasH280 and solvingH8271 of difficultH7001 problemsH7001 were foundH7912 in this DanielH1841, whomH1768 the kingH4430 namedH8036 9BelteshazzarH1096. Let DanielH1841 nowH3705 be summonedH7123 and he will declareH2331 the interpretationH6591.”

13ThenH116 DanielH1841 was broughtH5954 in beforeH6925 the kingH4430. The kingH4430 spokeH6032 and saidH560 to DanielH1841, “Are you that DanielH1841 whoH1768 is one of the 1011exilesH1123H1547 from JudahH3061, whomH1768 my fatherH2 the kingH4430 12broughtH858 from JudahH3061? 14Now I have heardH8086 aboutH5922 you that 13a spiritH7308 of the godsH426 is in you, and that illuminationH5094, insightH7924 and extraordinaryH3493 wisdomH2452 have been foundH7912 in you.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 5:11 Gen 41:11-15; Dan 2:47 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 5:11 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 5:11 Dan 4:8, 9, 18; 5:14 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 5:11 Or O king ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 5:11 Dan 2:48 ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 5:11 Or soothsayer priests ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 5:11 Or master astrologers ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 5:12 Dan 5:14; 6:3 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 5:12 Dan 1:7; 4:8 ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 5:13 Lit sons of the exile ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 5:13 Ezra 4:1; 6:16, 19, 20; Dan 2:25; 6:13 ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 5:13 Dan 1:1, 2 ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 5:14 Or possibly the Spirit of God ↩

Commentaries on Daniel 5

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