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Daniel 5:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

There is a man in your kingdom who has a spirit of the holy gods in him.  In the days of your predecessor he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners. Your own predecessor, the king,

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This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can make the interpretation known to me.  But you can, because you have a spirit of the holy gods.’


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


Note this: I will make those from the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying #– #I will make them come and bow down at your feet,   and they will know that I have loved you.


The assembled people began to shout, ‘It’s the voice of a god and not of a man! ’


What the king is asking is so difficult that no one can make it known to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.’


Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God.  May the Lord your God be with you.’


Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit by which she predicted the future.  She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.


When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted, saying in the Lycaonian language, ‘The gods have come down to us in human form! ’


and he said to them, ‘Can we find anyone like this, a man who has God’s spirit  in him? ’


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


He reveals the deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him.


The king shouted to bring in the mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners. He said to these wise men of Babylon, ‘Whoever reads this inscription and gives me its interpretation will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain round his neck,  and have the third highest position in the kingdom.’


By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.


I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.


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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