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Daniel 1:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding  in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams  of every kind.

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Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God #– #who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly #– #and it will be given to him.


I will therefore do what you have asked.  I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.


He changes the times and seasons; he removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.


But it is the spirit in a person – the breath  from the Almighty – that gives anyone understanding.


I offer thanks and praise to you, God of my ancestors, because you have given me wisdom and power. And now you have let me know what we asked of you, for you have let us know the king’s mystery.


For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking  that you may be filled with the knowledge  of his will  in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,


For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.


But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.


Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.


So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.


In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia,  a message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar.  The message was true and was about a great conflict. He understood the message and had understanding of the vision.


Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;  no secret is hidden from you!


He sought God  throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear  , of God. During the time that he sought the Lord, God gave him success.


he said: ‘Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the  Lord, I make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.


and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.


In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream with visions in his mind  as he was lying in his bed. He wrote down the dream,  and here is the summary  of his account.


The mystery was then revealed to Daniel in a vision  at night, and Daniel praised the God of the heavens


for I will give you such words   and a wisdom   that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.


His God teaches him order; he instructs him.


For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy;  but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.


Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people,  for who can judge this great people of yours? ’


All Israel heard about the judgement the king had given, and they stood in awe of the king because they saw that God’s wisdom  was in him to carry out justice.


In the third year of King Belshazzar’s  reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me earlier.


I’ve heard that you have a spirit of the gods in you, and that insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom are found in you.


wisdom and knowledge are given to you. I will also give you riches, wealth, and glory, unlike what was given to the kings who were before you, or will be given to those after you.’


young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom,  knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace.  He was to teach them the Chaldean language  and literature.


At the end of the time that the king had said to present them, the chief eunuch presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.


In every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king consulted them about, he found them ten times  , better than all the magicians and mediums  in his entire kingdom.


As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me,  not because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.


So I issued a decree  to bring all the wise men of Babylon to me in order that they might make the dream’s interpretation known to me.





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