8Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.
8Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.
5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.
6 His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way.
7 The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers and diviners to be brought and said to these wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom."
8 Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.
9 So King Belshazzar became even more terrified and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.
10 The queen, hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. "O king, live forever!" she said. "Don't be alarmed! Don't look so pale!
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.
5:8Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could neither read the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
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.