“And the lean heads swallowed the seven good heads. And I spoke to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
Daniel 4:7 - The Scriptures 1998 So the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the diviners came in, and I related the dream to them, but its interpretation they did not make known to me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me the interpretation of it. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible So the dream interpreters, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners came. I told them the dream, but they couldn’t interpret it for me. Catholic Public Domain Version This was the vision of my head on my bed. I looked, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth, and its height was exceedingly great. English Standard Version 2016 Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation. |
“And the lean heads swallowed the seven good heads. And I spoke to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
And it came to be in the morning that his spirit was moved, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Mitsrayim and all its wise men. And Pharaoh related to them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
I have seen the wrongdoer in great power, And spreading himself like a native green tree.
frustrating the signs of the babblers, and driving diviners mad, turning wise men backward, and making their knowledge foolish,
young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, having insight in all wisdom, having knowledge and understanding learning, capable to stand in the sovereign’s palace, and to teach them the writing and speech of the Chaldeans.
The Chaldeans answered the sovereign, and said, “There is no one on earth who is able to reveal the matter of the sovereign. Because no sovereign, master, or ruler has ever asked a matter like this of any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
They answered again and said, “Let the sovereign relate to his servants the dream, and we shall reveal its interpretation.”
Thereupon, at that time, certain Chaldeans came forward and accused the Yehuḏ
The sovereign called loudly to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the diviners. The sovereign spoke and said to the wise ones of Baḇ
So all the sovereign’s wise ones came, but they were unable to read the writing, or to make known its interpretation to the sovereign.