Daniel 4:7

New International Version

When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.

Cross References

Genesis 41:24

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.”

Genesis 41:8

In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,

Isaiah 44:25

who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense,

Ezekiel 31:3

Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest; it towered on high, its top above the thick foliage.

Daniel 1:4

young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.

Daniel 2:10

The astrologers answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.

Daniel 2:27

Daniel replied, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about,

Daniel 2:7

Once more they replied, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

Daniel 3:8

At this time some astrologers came forward and denounced the Jews.

Daniel 4:18

“This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Daniel 5:7

The king summoned the enchanters, astrologers and diviners. Then he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 5:8

Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.