Daniel 5:8
Then 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.
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Isaiah 47:9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection, for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thy enchantments.
Daniel 2:27Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded, the wise men , the astrologers, the magicians, the sooth-sayers, cannot show to the king;
Daniel 4:7Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the sooth-sayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation of it.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:2-10
Belshazzar's Feast; The Hand-writing on the Wall. ( b. c. 538.) 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God… Read the whole commentary →