Daniel 2:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Daniel answered: Your Majesty, not even the cleverest person in all the world can do what you are demanding.

Cross References

Genesis 40:8

“We each had a dream last night,” they answered, “and there is no one to tell us what they mean.” Joseph replied, “Doesn't God know the meaning of dreams? Now tell me what you dreamed.”

Genesis 41:8

The next morning the king was upset. So he called in his magicians and wise men and told them what he had dreamed. None of them could tell him what the dreams meant.

Isaiah 19:3

“Egypt will be discouraged when I confuse their plans. They will try to get advice from their idols, from the spirits of the dead, and from fortune-tellers.

Isaiah 44:25

I make liars of false prophets and fools of fortune-tellers. I take human wisdom and turn it into nonsense.

Jeremiah 10:7

You are King of the nations. Everyone should worship you. No human anywhere on earth is wiser than you.

Daniel 1:20

From then on, whenever the king asked for advice, he found their wisdom was ten times better than that of any of his other advisers and magicians.

Daniel 2:2

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

Daniel 4:7

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