Therefore Pharaoh said to Joseph, For God hath showed to thee all things which thou hast spoken, whether I may find a wiser man than thou, and like to thee?
But thou, Ezra, by the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, ordain judges and governors, that they deem [all] the people, that is beyond the flood, that is, to them that know the law of thy God, and the law of the king; but also teach ye freely unknowing men.
The fond princes [or fools] of Tanis, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh, gave unwise counsel; how shall ye say to Pharaoh, I am the son of wise men, the son of eld [or old] kings?
For the word which thou, O king, askest, is grievous, neither any shall be found that shall show it in the sight of the king, except gods, whose living is not with men.
Then the king raised up Daniel on high, and gave many gifts and great to him; and ordained him prince and prefect, either chief justice, over all the provinces of Babylon, and master over all the wise men of Babylon.