Daniel Chapter 5 verse 15 Holy Bible

ASV Daniel 5:15

And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.
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BBE Daniel 5:15

And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:
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DARBY Daniel 5:15

And now the wise men, the magicians, 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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KJV 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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WEB Daniel 5:15

Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.
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YLT Daniel 5:15

`And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that this writing they may read, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to shew the interpretation of the thing:
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) The thing--i.e., the whole of this miraculous transaction.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewNowוּכְעַ֞ן (ū·ḵə·‘an)Conjunctive waw | AdverbStrong's 3705: Nowthe wise menחַכִּֽימַיָּא֙ (ḥak·kî·may·yā)Noun - masculine plural determinateStrong's 2445: Wise, a Magianand enchantersאָֽשְׁפַיָּ֔א (’ā·šə·p̄ay·yā)Noun - masculine plural determinateStrong's 826: A conjurer, enchanterwere broughtהֻעַ֣לּוּ (hu·‘al·lū)Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 5954: To enter, to introducebefore meקָֽדָמַ֗י (qā·ḏā·may)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's 6925: Beforeto readיִקְר֔וֹן (yiq·rō·wn)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 7123: To call, read out or aloudthisדְנָה֙ (ḏə·nāh)Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 1836: Thisinscriptionכְתָבָ֤ה (ḵə·ṯā·ḇāh)Noun - masculine singular determinateStrong's 3792: Something written, a writing, record, bookand interpret itוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ (ū·p̄iš·rêh)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 6591: An interpretationfor me,לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֑נִי (lə·hō·w·ḏā·‘u·ṯa·nî)Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singularStrong's 3046: To knowbut they couldכָהֲלִ֥ין (ḵā·hă·lîn)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 3546: To be ablenotוְלָֽא־ (wə·lā-)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3809: Not, nogiveלְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃ (lə·ha·ḥă·wā·yāh)Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructStrong's 2324: To showitsמִלְּתָ֖א (mil·lə·ṯā)Noun - feminine singular determinateStrong's 4406: A word, command, discourse, subjectinterpretation.פְּשַֽׁר־ (pə·šar-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 6591: An interpretationJump to PreviousAble Arts Astrologers Caused Clear Conjurers Declare Enchanters Inscription Interpretation Magicians Making Matter Means Message Purpose Read Reading Secret Sense Shew Show Thereof Users Wise Writing