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Daniel 5:7-9
New International Version - UK
Daniel 5:7-9
New International Version - UK
7 The king summoned the enchanters, astrologers[a] and diviners. Then he said to these wise men of Babylon, ‘Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed round his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.’
8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant. 9 So King Belshazzar became even more terrified and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.
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- Daniel 5:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 11
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