Daniel 5:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.”
Daniel 5:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Daniel 5:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Daniel 5:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then Daniel answered before the king, “Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.”
Daniel 5:17 — World English Bible
Daniel 5:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. ”
Daniel 5:17 — American Standard Version
Daniel 5:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Then hath Daniel answered and said before the king, `Thy gifts be to thyself, and thy fee to another give; nevertheless, the writing I do read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;”
Daniel 5:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Daniel 5:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet will I read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. ”
Daniel 5:17 — Darby Translation
Daniel 5:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Daniel answered, and sayd before the King, Keepe thy rewards to thy selfe, and giue thy giftes to another: yet I will reade the writing vnto the King, and shew him the interpretation.”
Daniel 5:17 — Geneva Bible
Daniel 5:17 in Context — Daniel 5
15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
16 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.
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
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What Does Daniel 5:17 Mean?
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