Daniel 5:8
Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could neither read the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Tunc ingressi omnes sapientes regis non potuerunt nec scripturam legere, nec interpretationem indicare regi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἰσεπορεύοντο πάντες οἱ σοφοὶ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο τὴν γραφὴν ἀναγνῶναι οὐδὲ τὴν σύγκρισιν γνωρίσαι τῷ βασιλεῖ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אֱדַ֨יִן֙ עללין כֹּ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וְלָֽא כָהֲלִ֤ין כְּתָבָא֙ לְמִקְרֵ֔א ופשרא לְהוֹדָעָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא
Haydock's commentary
Read. It was written in Samaritan characters; or, for want of vowels, could not be read or understood. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.