Daniel 5:8 - Revised Version 1885

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

⁸ 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)

⁸ 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

⁸ Then all the king’s sages arrived, but they couldn’t read the writing or interpret it for the king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Then, in came all the wise men of the king, but they could neither read the writing, nor reveal the interpretation to the king.

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.