Daniel 5:8
Daniel · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“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.”Daniel 5:8
What Does Daniel 5:8 Mean?
Daniel 5:8 is found in the book of Daniel, chapter 5, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 11 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (11)
These passages are connected to Daniel 5:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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;”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.”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 5:5“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.”Exodus 8:18“And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.”Isaiah 41:28“For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.”Isaiah 47:9“But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.”Isaiah 47:12“Stand 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 prevail.”Daniel 2:4“Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.”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:”
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