Daniel 5:8
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Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could neither read the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king.

Genesis 41:8
And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it.

Jeremiah 50:35
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

Daniel 2:27
And Daniel made answer before the king, and said: The secret that the king desireth to know, none of the wise men, or the philosophers, or the diviners, or the soothsayers, can declare to the king.

Daniel 4:7
This was the vision of my head in my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was exceeding great.

Daniel 4:18
And the branches thereof were most beautiful, and its fruit exceeding much, and in it was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and the birds of the air had their abode in its branches.

Daniel 5:15
And now the wise men, the magicians, have come in before me, to read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof; and they could not declare to me the meaning of this writing.

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Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could neither read the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king.

but.

Daniel 2:27 And Daniel made answer before the king, and said: The secret that the king desireth to know, none of the wise men, or the philosophers, or the diviners, or the soothsayers, can declare to the king.

Daniel 4:7 This was the vision of my head in my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was exceeding great.

Genesis 41:8 And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it.

Isaiah 47:9,12-15 These two things shall come upon thee suddenly in one day, barrenness and widowhood. All things are come upon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great hardness of thy enchanters. . . .

Context
The Handwriting on the Wall
7And the king cried out aloud to bring in the wise men, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon: Whosoever shall read this writing, and shall make known to me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and shall have a golden chain on his neck, and shall be the third man in my kingdom. 8Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could neither read the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king.9Wherewith king Baltasar was much troubled, and his countenance was changed: and his nobles also were troubled.…
Lexicon
So
אֱדַ֙יִן֙ (’ĕ·ḏa·yin)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 116: Then, thereupon

all
כֹּ֖ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3606: The whole, all, any, every

the king’s
מַלְכָּ֑א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king

wise men
חַכִּימֵ֣י (ḥak·kî·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2445: Wise, a Magian

came in,
עָֽלִּ֔ין (‘āl·lîn)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5954: To enter, to introduce

but they could
כָהֲלִ֤ין (ḵā·hă·lîn)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3546: To be able

not
וְלָֽא־ (wə·lā-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: Not, no

read
לְמִקְרֵ֔א (lə·miq·rê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7123: To call, read out or aloud

the inscription
כְּתָבָא֙ (kə·ṯā·ḇā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 3792: Something written, a writing, record, book

or interpret it
וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ (ū·p̄iš·rêh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6591: An interpretation

for [him].
לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ (lə·mal·kā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king


Additional Translations
So all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or interpret it for him.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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then coming up are all the wise men of the king, and they are not able to read the writing, and the interpretation to make known to the king;
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