Daniel 5:8

Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation.

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WEBBE

Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation.

BSB

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

KJV

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.

ASV

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

BBE

Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.

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אֱדַיִן 'e·da·yin then H116 עָלִּין a·la·lin [were] going in H5954 כֹּל kol all H3606 חַכִּימֵי cha·ki·mei [the] wise men of H2445 מַלְכָּא mal·ka' king the H4430 וְלָא־ ve·la'- and not H3809 כָהֲלִין kha·ha·lin [they were] able H3546 כְּתָבָא ke·ta·va' writing the H3792 לְמִקְרֵא le·mik·re' to read aloud H7123 וּפִשְׁרֵהּ u·fish·rah and interpretation its H6591 לְהוֹדָעָה le·ho·da·'ah to make known H3046 לְמַלְכָּא le·mal·ka' to king the H4430

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Wise Men

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.