Daniel 5:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation of it.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Then all the king’s sages arrived, but they couldn’t read the writing or interpret it for the king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then, in came all the wise men of the king, but they could neither read the writing, nor reveal the interpretation to the king.

English Standard Version 2016

Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.

Daniel 5:8 Cross References

Genesis 41:8

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

but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: in their full measure shall they come upon thee, despite of the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.

Jeremiah 50:35

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

Daniel 2:27

Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, shew unto the king;

Daniel 4:18

This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen: and thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation; but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

Daniel 4:4

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace.

Daniel 4:7

Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

Daniel 5:15

And now the wise men, the enchanters, 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.