Daniel 2:11
9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”
10 The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
12 This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
- KJV
- And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- WEB
- It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
- ASV
- And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- DARBY
- For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- BLB
- And the thing that the king is asking [is] difficult, and there is not another who can show it to the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
- ÅB
- For det som kongen krever, er altfor vanskelig, og det er ingen annen som kan kunngjøre kongen hva han vil vite, enn gudene, som ikke har sin bolig blant menneskene.
- OTB
- Det kongen ber om er for vanskelig. Ingen kan avsløre det for kongen unntatt gudene, og de bor ikke blant dødelige."
- B1930
- For det som kongen krever, er altfor vanskelig, og det er ingen annen som kan kunngjøre kongen hvad han vil vite, enn gudene, som ikke har sin bolig blandt menneskene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 5:11
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,
Read in contextGenesis 41:39
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
Read in contextJohn 14:23
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Read in contextMatthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Read in contextExodus 29:45
Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
Read in contextJohn 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
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