I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light, understanding, and excellent wisdom are found in you.
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I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light, understanding, and excellent wisdom are found in you.
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I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
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I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and surpassing wisdom is found in thee.
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Passages linked to Daniel 5:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Daniel 5:11-12 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. The king Nebuchadnezzar your father, yes, the king, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For the idolaters thought that the Angels had power…
For the idolaters thought that the Angels had power as God, and therefore had them in like estimation, as they had God, thinking that the spirit of prophecy and understanding came of them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Dan 5:14 I have even heard of thee, that…
Dan 5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods [is] in thee, and [that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
Ver. 14. I have even heard of thee that the spirit, &c.] This silly and shallow prince hath nothing to say but what was put into his month by his wiser grandmother; only what she discreetly concealed, viz., that Daniel was one of the captives, &c., hoc unum commemorat gloriosus rex, that he blurts out, in a way of upbraiding. {a}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I have even heard of thee,.... Very probably he…
I have even heard of thee,.... Very probably he had heard often of him, though he did not think fit to honour him, and use him with that familiarity his grandfather had; or however he had now just heard of him by the queen, whose encomiums of him he recites in her own words:
that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee; which are the express words of his mother, Dan 5:11.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain I have even heard of thee ... - Dan…
I have even heard of thee ... - Dan 5:11.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. I have heard (R.V.), &c.] Dan_5:11.
14. I have heard (R.V.), &c.] Dan_5:11.
excellent wisdom] surpassing (Dan_5:12) wisdom (Dan_5:11).
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