Daniel 1:18-20
Modern English Version
18 Now at the end of the days that the king had set for them to be brought in, the master of the officials brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king spoke with them, and, among them all, none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they served before the king. 20 In all matters of wisdom and understanding which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
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Daniel 1:18-20
Lexham English Bible
18 And at the end of the time the king had set to bring them, the commander of the court officials brought them in before[a] Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king spoke with them, and among all of them no one was found like[b] Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; then they stood before[c] the king. 20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired from them, he found them ten times better than all of the magicians[d] and conjurers[e] that were in his entire kingdom.[f]
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- Daniel 1:18 Literally “to the face of”
- Daniel 1:19 Literally “and he was not found from all of them like”
- Daniel 1:19 Literally “to the face of”
- Daniel 1:20 Or “soothsayer-priests”
- Daniel 1:20 Or “enchanters”
- Daniel 1:20 Literally “in the whole of his kingdom”
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