Daniel 5:8
Strong's Lexicon
So
אֱדַ֙יִן֙ (’ĕ·ḏa·yin)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 116: 1) then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time

all
כֹּ֖ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3606: 1) all, whole, the whole 1a) the whole of, all 1b) every, any, none

the king’s
מַלְכָּ֑א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

wise men
חַכִּימֵ֣י (ḥak·kî·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2445: 1) wise man, wise

came in,
(עָֽלִּ֔ין) (‘āl·lîn)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5954: 1) to thrust in, go in, come in 1a) (P'al) to go in, come in 1b) (Aphel) to bring in 1c) (Hophal) to be brought in

but they could
כָהֲלִ֤ין (ḵā·hă·lîn)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3546: 1) to be able 1a) (P'al) to be able

not
וְלָֽא־ (wə·lā-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: 1) no, not, nothing

read
לְמִקְרֵ֔א (lə·miq·rê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7123: 1) to call, read aloud, read out, shout 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to call, proclaim 1a2) to read aloud, read out 1b)(Ithp'el) to be summoned, be called

the inscription
כְּתָבָא֙ (kə·ṯā·ḇā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 3792: 1) a writing 1a) writing, inscription 1b) written decree, written requirement

or interpret it
(וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ) (ū·p̄iš·rêh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6591: 1) interpretation (of dream)

for [him].
לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ (lə·mal·kā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or interpret it for him.

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
So all the king’s wise men came in, but none could read the inscription or make its interpretation known to him.

New American Standard Bible
Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.

New Living Translation
But when all the king's wise men had come in, none of them could read the writing or tell him what it meant.

English Standard Version
Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.

New American Standard Bible
Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So all the king's wise men came in, but none could read the inscription or make its interpretation known to him.

International Standard Version
Then all the king's advisors came in, but they were unable to read the writing or tell the king what it meant.

NET Bible
So all the king's wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its interpretation to the king.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
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;
















Cross References
Genesis 41:8
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

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
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

Daniel 4:7
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.

Daniel 4:18
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

Daniel 5:15
And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Daniel 5:7
The 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.

Daniel 5:6
Then 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.

Daniel 5:5
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Daniel 5:9
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
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