Daniel 5:8 Parallel Translations

All the king's wise advisers came, but they couldn't read the writing or tell the king its meaning.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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

BBE:

Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation of it.

WEB:

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

YLT:

Then coming up are all the wise men of the king, and they are not able to read the writing, and the interpretation to make known to the king;

Daniel 5:8 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 41:8 Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

Daniel 2:27 Daniel answered before the king and said, "As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.

Daniel 4:7 "Then the magicians, the conjurers, the Chaldeans and the diviners came in and I related the dream to them, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.

Daniel 5:15 "Just now the wise men and the conjurers were brought in before me that they might read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the message. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

5:1-9 Belshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon. Security and sensuality are sad proofs of approaching ruin. That mirth is sinful indeed, which profanes sacred things; and what are many of the songs used at modern feasts better than the praises sung by the heathens to their gods! See how God struck terror upon Belshazzar and his lords. God's written word is enough to put the proudest, boldest sinner in a fright. What we see of God, the part of the hand that writes in the book of the creatures, and in the book of the Scriptures, should fill us with awful thoughts concerning that part which we do not see. If this be the finger of God, what is his arm when made bare? And what is He? The king's guilty conscience told him that he had no reason to expect any good news from heaven. God can, in a moment, make the heart of the stoutest sinner to tremble; and there needs no more than to let loose his own thoughts upon him; they will give him trouble enough. No bodily pain can equal the inward agony which sometimes seizes the sinner in the midst of mirth, carnal pleasures, and worldly pomp. Sometimes terrors cause a man to flee to Christ for pardon and peace; but many cry out for fear of wrath, who are not humbled for their sins, and who seek relief by lying vanities. The ignorance and uncertainty concerning the Holy Scriptures, shown by many who call themselves wise, only tend to drive sinners to despair, as the ignorance of these wise men did.

CONC:

Able Inscription Interpretation King's Meant Sense Thereof Wise Writing

Able Inscription Interpretation King's Meant Read Sense Thereof Wise Writing

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