Daniel 4:9

New American Standard Bible 2020

‘Belteshazzar, chief of the soothsayer priests, since I know that a spirit of the holy gods is in you and no secret baffles you, tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.

Cross References

Genesis 41:38

Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom there is a divine spirit?”

Isaiah 33:18

Your heart will meditate on terror: “Where is one who counts? Where is one who weighs? Where is one who counts the towers?”

Isaiah 54:14

“In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you.

Ezekiel 17:23

On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, so that it may bring forth branches and bear fruit, and become a stately cedar. And birds of every kind will nest under it; they will nest in the shade of its branches.

Ezekiel 28:3

Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you!

Daniel 1:20

As for every matter of expertise and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the soothsayer priests and conjurers who were in all his realm.

Daniel 2:47

The king responded to Daniel and said, “Your God truly is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.”

Daniel 2:48

Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon, and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 4:18

This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, since none of the wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, because a spirit of the holy gods is in you.’

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

Daniel 4:8

But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream to him, saying,

Daniel 5:11

There is a man in your kingdom in whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—appointed him chief of the soothsayer priests, sorcerers, Chaldeans, and diviners.

1 Samuel 4:8

Woe to us! Who will save us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.