Daniel 4:18

New International Reader's Version

“This is the dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now tell me what it means, Belteshazzar. None of the wise men in my kingdom can explain it to me. But you can. After all, the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Cross References

Genesis 40:12

“Here’s what your dream means,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.

Genesis 41:15

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream. No one can tell me what it means. But I’ve heard that when you hear a dream you can explain it.”

Genesis 41:8

In the morning he was worried. So he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams. But no one could tell him what they meant.

Isaiah 19:3

The people of Egypt will lose hope. I will keep them from doing what they plan to do. They will ask their gods for advice. They will turn to the spirits of dead people for help. They will go to people who get messages from those who have died. They will ask for advice from people who talk to the spirits of the dead.

Daniel 1:20

He asked them for advice in matters that required wisdom and understanding. The king always found their answers to be the best. Other men in his kingdom claimed to get knowledge by using magic. But the answers of Daniel and his friends were ten times better than theirs.

Daniel 2:38

He has put everyone under your control. He has also given you authority over the wild animals and the birds in the sky. It doesn’t matter where they live. He has made you ruler over all of them. You are that head of gold.

Daniel 2:7

Once more they replied, “King Nebuchadnezzar, tell us what you dreamed. Then we’ll tell you what it means.”

Daniel 5:15

The wise men and those who practice magic were brought to me. They were asked to read this writing and tell me what it means. But they couldn’t.

Daniel 5:8

Then all the king’s wise men came in. But they couldn’t read the writing. They couldn’t tell him what it meant.

Amos 3:7

The Lord and King never does anything without telling his servants the prophets about it.