Daniel Chapter 5 verse 16 Holy Bible
But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
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But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and solve problems. Now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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and I -- I have heard of thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, lo -- thou art able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know -- purple thou dost put on, and a bracelet of gold `is' on thy neck, and third in the kingdom thou dost rule.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewButוַאֲנָה֙ (wa·’ă·nāh)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singularStrong's 576: II have heardשִׁמְעֵ֣ת (šim·‘êṯ)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 8086: To hear intelligentlyabout you,עַֽל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5922: Above, over, upon, againstthatדִּֽי־ (dî-)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 1768: Who, which, that, becauseyou are ableתִיכּ֥וּל (ṯî·kūl)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3202: To be ableto give interpretationsפִּשְׁרִ֛ין (piš·rîn)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 6591: An interpretationand solveלְמִשְׁרֵ֑א (lə·miš·rê)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 8271: To free, separate, to unravel, commence, to residedifficult problems.וְקִטְרִ֣ין (wə·qiṭ·rîn)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 7001: A knot, a riddle, a vertebraTherefore,כְּעַ֡ן (kə·‘an)AdverbStrong's 3705: Nowifהֵן֩ (hên)ConjunctionStrong's 2006: Lo!, there, less, whether, but, ifyou canתִּכ֨וּל (ti·ḵūl)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3202: To be ablereadלְמִקְרֵ֗א (lə·miq·rê)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 7123: To call, read out or aloudthis inscriptionכְּתָבָ֜א (kə·ṯā·ḇā)Noun - masculine singular determinateStrong's 3792: Something written, a writing, record, bookand giveלְהוֹדָ֣עֻתַ֔נִי (lə·hō·w·ḏā·‘u·ṯa·nî)Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singularStrong's 3046: To knowme its interpretation,וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙ (ū·p̄iš·rêh)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 6591: An interpretationyou will be clothedתִלְבַּ֗שׁ (ṯil·baš)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3848: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothein purpleאַרְגְּוָנָ֣א (’ar·gə·wā·nā)Noun - masculine singular determinateStrong's 711: Purple, red-purpleand have a goldדַהֲבָא֙ (ḏa·hă·ḇā)Noun - masculine singular determinateStrong's 1722: Goldchainוְהַֽמְנִיכָ֤א (wə·ham·nî·ḵā)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular determinateStrong's 2002: A chain, necklaceplaced aroundדִֽי־ (ḏî-)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 1768: Who, which, that, becauseyour neck,צַוְּארָ֔ךְ (ṣaw·wə·rāḵ)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 6676: The back of the neckand you will be made the thirdוְתַלְתָּ֥א (wə·ṯal·tā)Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 8531: A tertiary rankhighest rulerתִּשְׁלַֽט׃ (tiš·laṭ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 7981: To dominate, govern, to permitin the kingdom.?בְמַלְכוּתָ֖א (ḇə·mal·ḵū·ṯā)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular determinateStrong's 4437: Royalty, reign, kingdomJump to PreviousAble Chain Clothed Difficult Dissolve Doubts Gold Heard Inscription Interpretation Interpretations Kingdom Knots Loose Neck Personally Problems Purple Read Rule Ruler Scarlet Solve Thereof Third Three Writing
