Daniel 1:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The king said, “They must be healthy, handsome, clever, wise, educated, and fit to serve in the royal palace. Teach them how to speak and write our language

Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty when the king made him governor, and he went everywhere for the king.

2 Samuel 14:25

No one in all Israel was as handsome and well-built as Absalom.

Proverbs 22:29

If you do your job well, you will work for a ruler and never be a slave.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom will make you stronger than the ten most powerful leaders in your city.

Isaiah 36:11

Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said, “Sir, we don't want the people listening from the city wall to understand what you are saying. So please speak to us in Aramaic instead of Hebrew.”

Jeremiah 5:15

People of Israel, I have made my decision. An army from a distant country will attack you. I've chosen an ancient nation, and you won't understand their language.

Daniel 2:10

His advisers explained, “Your Majesty, you are demanding the impossible! No king, not even the most famous and powerful, has ever ordered his advisers, magicians, or wise men to do such a thing.

Daniel 2:2

So he called in his counsellors, advisers, magicians, and wise men,

Daniel 3:8

Some Babylonians used this as a chance to accuse the Jews to King Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 4:7

After they arrived, I told them my dream, but they were not able to say what it meant.

Daniel 5:11

In your kingdom there is a man who has been given special powers by the holy gods. When your father Nebuchadnezzar was king, this man was known to be as clever, intelligent, and wise as the gods themselves. Your father put him in charge of all who claimed they could talk with the spirits or understand the meanings in the stars or tell about the future.

Daniel 5:7

The king called in his advisers, who claimed they could talk with the spirits of the dead and understand the meanings found in the stars. He told them, “The man who can read this writing and tell me what it means will become the third most powerful man in my kingdom. He will wear robes of royal purple and a gold chain around his neck.”

Daniel 9:1

Daniel wrote: Some years later, Darius the Mede, who was the son of Xerxes, had become king of Babylonia. And during his first year as king, I found out from studying the writings of the prophets that the LORD had said to Jeremiah, “Jerusalem will lie in ruins for seventy years.”

Zechariah 2:4

and said, “Hurry! Tell that man with the measuring line that Jerusalem won't have any boundaries. It will be too full of people and animals even to have a wall.

Acts 7:20

During this time Moses was born. He was a very beautiful child, and for three months his parents took care of him in their home.

Acts 7:22

Moses was given the best education in Egypt. He was a strong man and a powerful speaker.

Ephesians 5:27

Christ did this, so that he would have a glorious and holy church, without faults or spots or wrinkles or any other flaws.

Judges 8:18

Then Gideon said, “Zebah and Zalmunna, tell me about the men you killed at Tabor.” “They were a lot like you,” the two kings answered. “They were dignified, almost like royalty.”