The thin ears of corn swallowed the seven good ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.’
Daniel 4:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When the magicians, mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me the interpretation of it. American Standard Version (1901) Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. Common English Bible So the dream interpreters, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners came. I told them the dream, but they couldn’t interpret it for me. Catholic Public Domain Version This was the vision of my head on my bed. I looked, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth, and its height was exceedingly great. English Standard Version 2016 Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation. |
The thin ears of corn swallowed the seven good ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.’
When morning came, he was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
who destroys the omens of the false prophets and makes fools of diviners; who confounds the wise and makes their knowledge foolishness;
Think of Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and shady foliage and of lofty height. Its top was among the clouds.
young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom, knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the Chaldean language and literature.
The Chaldeans answered the king, ‘No one on earth can make known what the king requests. Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, medium, or Chaldean.
Daniel answered the king, ‘No wise man, medium, magician, or diviner is able to make known to the king the mystery he asked about.
They answered a second time, ‘May the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will make known the interpretation.’
Some Chaldeans took this occasion to come forward and maliciously accuse , the Jews.
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.’
The king shouted to bring in the mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners. He said to these wise men of Babylon, ‘Whoever reads this inscription and gives me its interpretation will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain round his neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.’
So all the king’s wise men came in, but none could read the inscription or make its interpretation known to him.