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Genesis 41:38

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

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


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


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,


The Lord replied to Moses, ‘Take Joshua son of Nun, a man who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.


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.’


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.


Daniel  distinguished himself above the administrators and satraps because he had an extraordinary spirit,  so the king planned to set him over the whole realm.


The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants,


The princes of Zoan are complete fools; Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice! How can you say to Pharaoh, ‘I am one  of the wise, a student of eastern   kings’?


And you, Ezra, according to  God’s wisdom that you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people in the region west of the Euphrates who know the laws of your God and to teach anyone who does not know them.


A king favours a prudent servant, but his anger falls on a disgraceful one.


Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of the unknown.


The administrators and satraps, therefore, kept trying to find a charge against Daniel  regarding the kingdom. But they could find no charge or corruption,  for he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.





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