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Dan. 5:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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.

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but.Because, probably, it was written in the ancient Hebrew or Samaritan character.

Dan. 2:27• ²⁷{i}Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret that the king hath demanded cannot{/i} the wise men, astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers, show unto the king; (Dan. 2:27)

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Dan. 4:7• ⁷{i}Then came in the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but{/i} they did not make known to me the interpretation thereof. (Dan. 4:7)

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Gen. 41:8• ⁸{i}And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the scribes of Egypt, and all the sages who were therein, and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none to interpret them to Pharaoh{/i}. (Gen. 41:8)

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Isa. 47:9,12‑15• ⁹But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, loss of children, and widowhood: in full measure shall they come upon thee, in spite of the multitude of thy sorceries, of the great abundance of thine enchantments.
¹²Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest terrify.
¹³Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [the things] that shall come upon thee.
¹⁴Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [it shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, a fire to sit before.
¹⁵Thus shall they be unto thee wherein thou hast laboured; they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee. (Isa. 47:9,12‑15)

• The wisdom of this world could not unravel God’s secrets nor interpret His writing. (“Daniel 5” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then came in all the king’s wise men, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)