Daniel 5:8
“Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Daniel 5:8 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Then came in all the king’s wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Dann kamen alle Weisen des Königs herbei; aber sie vermochten nicht die Schrift zu lesen, noch die Deutung derselben dem König kundzutun.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Entonces fueron introducidos todos los sabios del rey, y no pudieron leer la escritura, ni mostrar al rey su declaración.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Então vieram todos os sábios do rei, mas não puderam ler a escritura, nem fazer saber ao rei sua interpretação.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então, todos os homens do rei, que eram conhecidos por sua sabedoria vieram, mas não puderam ler a escrita ou explicar o significado ao rei.
📖 Daniel 5:8 in Context
6Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
7The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
8Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
9Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
10Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
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