8Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.


In Context

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

6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

7 The king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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

9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded.

10 the queen, by reason of the words of the king And his nobles, came into the banquet-house. the queen spoke And said, O king, live for ever!let not thy thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy countenance be changed.

Daniel 5:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Then came in all the king’s wise [men:] but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Then 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Then 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.