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Daniel 5:14

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Daniel 5:14 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
World English Bible · Public Domain
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    I have heard about you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination and insight and excellent wisdom are found in you.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.

  • World English Bible Public Domain
    I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in thee.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Now I haue heard of thee, that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and that light and vnderstanding and excellent wisdome is found in thee.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    I have heard of thee, that thou hast the spirit of the gods, and excellent knowledge, and understanding, and wisdom are found in thee.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods `is' in thee, and light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom have been found in thee.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods [is] in you, and light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom have been found in you.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    I have heard about you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    I have heard about you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination and insight and excellent wisdom are found in you.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and [that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you and that light, understanding, and excellent wisdom are found in you.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    I have heard about you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you were found to have understanding, insight, and great wisdom.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And I have had news of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and reason and special wisdom have been seen in you.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and surpassing wisdom is found in thee.

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וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ
soklᵉthânûw
H7924
“and · insight”
Adjective, C + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Adjective + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7920

TWOT: 3009a

insight
  1. וְשִׁמְעֵ֣ת shᵉmaʻ H8086 “and · to hear” Adjective, C + Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  2. עליך ʻal H5922 “upon · you” Adjective, R + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  3. עֲלָ֔ךְ ʻal H5922 “upon · you” Adjective, R + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  4. דִּ֛י dîy H1768 “which” Adjective, C
  5. ר֥וּחַ rûwach H7308 “spirit of” Adjective, N, Common
  6. אֱלָהִ֖ין ʼĕlâhh H426 “gods” Adjective, N, Common
  8. וְנַהִיר֧וּ nᵉhîyr H5094 “and · light” Adjective, C + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  9. וְחָכְמָ֥ה chokmâh H2452 “and · wisdom” Adjective, C + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  10. יַתִּירָ֖ה yattîyr H3493 “extraordinary” Adjective, A
  11. הִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַת shᵉkach H7912 “to find” Adjective, V, Plural

About this verse

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13
words
10
distinct lemmas
Prophets
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ insight H7924 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ insight H7924 occurs in 3 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 1 verb
  • 3 nouns
  • 9 adjectives

Verb forms

  • וְשִׁמְעֵ֣ת Qal · Perfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • עליך upon H5922 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 26 words from the Hebrew and 26 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Daniel 5:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Daniel 5:11–12 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, [I say], your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

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Hebrew Daniel 5:14 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְשִׁמְעֵ֣ת עליך עֲלָ֔ךְ דִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ אֱלָהִ֖ין בָּ֑ךְ וְנַהִיר֧וּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ וְחָכְמָ֥ה יַתִּירָ֖ה הִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַת בָּֽךְ

I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Daniel 5:14 Septuagint · lemma form

ὦ δανιηλ δύναμαι ἐγώ ὑποδεικνύω ὁ σύγκριμα ὁ γραφή καί στολίζω σύ πορφύρα καί μανιάκης χρυσοῦς περιτίθημι σύ καί ἔχω ἐξουσία ὁ τρίτος μέρος ὁ βασιλεία ἐγώ

I have heard concerning you, that the Spirit of God is in you, and that watchfulness and understanding and excellent wisdom have been found in you.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Daniel 5:14 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Dan 5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods [is] in thee, and [that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

Ver. 14. I have even heard of thee that the spirit, &c.] This silly and shallow prince hath nothing to say but what was put into his month by his wiser grandmother; only what she discreetly concealed, viz., that Daniel was one of the captives, &c., hoc unum commemorat gloriosus rex, that he blurts out, in a way of upbraiding. {a}

{a} Oecolamp.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

For the idolaters thought that the Angels had power as God, and therefore had them in like estimation, as they had God, thinking that the spirit of prophecy and understanding came of them.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

14. I have heard (R.V.), &c.] Dan_5:11.

excellent wisdom] surpassing (Dan_5:12) wisdom (Dan_5:11).

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

I have even heard of thee,.... Very probably he had heard often of him, though he did not think fit to honour him, and use him with that familiarity his grandfather had; or however he had now just heard of him by the queen, whose encomiums of him he recites in her own words:

that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee; which are the express words of his mother, Dan 5:11.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have even heard of thee ... - Dan 5:11.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

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Daniel, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 13 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is soklᵉthânûw (“insight”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “insight” (soklᵉthânûw) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. How does Daniel 5:11, which shares the word «insight», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “upon” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. «וְשִׁמְעֵ֣ת» is a Qal Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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