Daniel 1:20
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the diviners, and wise men, that were in all his kingdom.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
21And Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.
Cross References
Genesis 31:7Yea your father hath also overreached me, and hath changed my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me.
Exodus 7:11And Pharao called the wise men and the magicians; and they also by Egyptian enchantments and certain secrets, did in like manner. Magicians... Jannes, and Mambres, or Jambres, 2 Tim. 3.8.
Exodus 8:7And the magicians also, by their enchantments, did in like manner, and they brought forth frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Numbers 14:22But yet all the men that have seen my majesty, and the signs that I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now ten times, and have not obeyed my voice,
1 Kings 10:1And the queen of Saba having heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to try him with hard questions.
Nehemiah 4:12And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,
Matthew Henry on Daniel 1:18-21
Wisdom of Daniel and His Companions. ( b. c. 606.) 17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. 20 And in all… Read the whole commentary →