20 As for every matter of (A)wisdom [a]and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them (B)ten times (C)better than all the [b](D)magicians and conjurers who were in all his realm.

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  1. Daniel 1:20 Lit of
  2. Daniel 1:20 Or soothsayer priests

48 Then the king [a](A)promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over the whole (B)province of Babylon and chief [b]prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

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  1. Daniel 2:48 Lit made great
  2. Daniel 2:48 Lit of the prefects

11 There is a (A)man in your kingdom in whom is [a]a (B)spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father [b](C)the king, appointed him chief of the [c]magicians, conjurers, [d]Chaldeans and diviners.

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  1. Daniel 5:11 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God
  2. Daniel 5:11 Or O king
  3. Daniel 5:11 Or soothsayer priests
  4. Daniel 5:11 Or master astrologers