13 Then the king said to the (A)wise men (B)who understood the times (for this was the king’s manner toward all who knew law and justice,

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32 of the sons of Issachar (A)who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;

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(A)Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

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(A)Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?
For this is Your rightful due.
For (B)among all the wise men of the nations,
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.

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and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ [a]Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:3 NU omits Hypocrites

(A)The king cried [a]aloud to bring in (B)the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; (C)and he shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:7 Lit. with strength

12 For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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Wise Men from the East

Now after (A)Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, [a]wise men (B)from the East came to Jerusalem,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:1 Gr. magoi

Therefore I issued a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. (A)Then the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in, and I told them the dream; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.

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27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king.

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