Daniel 4:7 “When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I t…”

Daniel 4:7

When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

World English Bible

Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in; and I told them the dream, but they didn’t make known to me its interpretation.

American Standard Version

Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed. And beholde, I sawe a tree in the middes of the earth and the height thereof was great:

Darby Translation

Then came in the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation of it.

Young's Literal Translation

Then coming up are the scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and the dream I have told before them, and its interpretation they are not making known to me.

Bible in Basic English

Then the wonder-workers, the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs came in to me: and I put the dream before them but they did not make clear the sense of it to me.

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Cross references

“Then came”

Daniel 2:1 Daniel 2:2

Daniel 2:1 · BSB

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

Daniel 2:2 · BSB

So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,

“but”

Isaiah 44:25 Daniel 2:7 Jeremiah 27:9 Jeremiah 27:10 2 Timothy 3:8 2 Timothy 3:9

Isaiah 44:25 · BSB

who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

Daniel 2:7 · BSB

They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”

Jeremiah 27:9 · BSB

But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

Jeremiah 27:10 · BSB

For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

2 Timothy 3:8 · BSB

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

2 Timothy 3:9 · BSB

But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

Also

Daniel 2:10 Daniel 2:27 Genesis 41:8

Daniel 2:10 · BSB

The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.

Daniel 2:27 · BSB

Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.

Genesis 41:8 · BSB

In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

8But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:

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