Daniel 5:14

וְשִׁמְעֵת עליך דִּי רוּחַ אֱלָהִין בָּךְ וְנַהִירוּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנוּ וְחָכְמָה יַתִּירָה הִשְׁתְּכַחַת בָּֽךְ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13בֵּאדַיִן דָּֽנִיֵּאל הֻעַל קֳדָם מַלְכָּא עָנֵה מַלְכָּא וְאָמַר לְדָנִיֵּאל אנתה ־ הוּא דָנִיֵּאל דִּֽי ־ מִן ־ בְּנֵי גָלוּתָא דִּי יְהוּד דִּי הַיְתִי מַלְכָּא אַבִי מִן ־ יְהֽוּד ׃

15וּכְעַן הֻעַלּוּ קָֽדָמַי חַכִּֽימַיָּא אָֽשְׁפַיָּא דִּֽי ־ כְתָבָה דְנָה יִקְרוֹן וּפִשְׁרֵהּ לְהוֹדָעֻתַנִי וְלָֽא ־ כָהֲלִין פְּשַֽׁר ־ מִלְּתָא לְהַחֲוָיָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 41:15וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל ־ יוֹסֵף חֲלוֹם חָלַמְתִּי וּפֹתֵר אֵין אֹתוֹ וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי עָלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר תִּשְׁמַע חֲלוֹם לִפְתֹּר אֹתֽוֹ ׃

Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:11-30

Daniel Brought before Belshazzar. ( b. c. 538.) 10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy… Read the whole commentary →

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