Genesis 41:8 When morning came, he was upset. He sent for all the magicians and sages of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but they couldn’t interpret them to him.

41:8 MSG

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The Message - When morning came, he was upset. He sent for all the magicians and sages of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but they couldn’t interpret them to him.
新标点和合本 - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就差人召了埃及所有的术士和博士来；法老就把所做的梦告诉他们，却没有人能给法老圆解。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就派人把埃及所有的术士和智慧人都召来。法老把所做的梦告诉他们，但是没有人能为法老解梦。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就派人把埃及所有的术士和智慧人都召来。法老把所做的梦告诉他们，但是没有人能为法老解梦。
当代译本 - 早上法老心中不安，就派人召来埃及所有的术士和智者，把梦告诉他们，可是没有一个人能为他解梦。
圣经新译本 - 到了早晨，法老心里烦乱，就派人去把埃及所有的术士和智慧人都召了来；法老把自己的梦告诉他们，但是没有人能替法老解梦。
中文标准译本 - 到了早晨，法老灵里烦乱，就派人召来了埃及所有的术士和智慧人。法老向他们讲述了他的梦，但没有人能为法老解梦。
现代标点和合本 - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就差人召了埃及所有的术士和博士来。法老就把所做的梦告诉他们，却没有人能给法老圆解。
和合本（拼音版） - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就差人召了埃及所有的术士和博士来。法老就把所作的梦告诉他们，却没有人能给法老圆解。
New International Version - In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
New International Reader's Version - In the morning he was worried. So he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams. But no one could tell him what they meant.
English Standard Version - So in the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
New Living Translation - The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.
Christian Standard Bible - When morning came, he was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
New American Standard Bible - Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent messengers and called for all the soothsayer priests of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
New King James Version - Now it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
Amplified Bible - So when morning came his spirit was troubled and disturbed and he sent and called for all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them to him.
American Standard Version - And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
King James Version - And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
New English Translation - In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
World English Bible - In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
新標點和合本 - 到了早晨，法老心裏不安，就差人召了埃及所有的術士和博士來；法老就把所做的夢告訴他們，卻沒有人能給法老圓解。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 到了早晨，法老心裏不安，就派人把埃及所有的術士和智慧人都召來。法老把所做的夢告訴他們，但是沒有人能為法老解夢。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 到了早晨，法老心裏不安，就派人把埃及所有的術士和智慧人都召來。法老把所做的夢告訴他們，但是沒有人能為法老解夢。
當代譯本 - 早上法老心中不安，就派人召來埃及所有的術士和智者，把夢告訴他們，可是沒有一個人能為他解夢。
聖經新譯本 - 到了早晨，法老心裡煩亂，就派人去把埃及所有的術士和智慧人都召了來；法老把自己的夢告訴他們，但是沒有人能替法老解夢。
呂振中譯本 - 到了早晨，法老心裏煩亂，就打發人把埃及所有的學術士和智慧人都召了來；法老將他的夢向他們敘說，卻沒有人能給法老解釋。
中文標準譯本 - 到了早晨，法老靈裡煩亂，就派人召來了埃及所有的術士和智慧人。法老向他們講述了他的夢，但沒有人能為法老解夢。
現代標點和合本 - 到了早晨，法老心裡不安，就差人召了埃及所有的術士和博士來。法老就把所做的夢告訴他們，卻沒有人能給法老圓解。
文理和合譯本 - 詰朝、中心憂疑、召埃及博士哲人、以夢告之、無能占者、○
文理委辦譯本 - 昧爽、中心憂疑、召埃及博士哲人、以夢告之、皆弗識其兆。○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 既旦、中心憂疑、召伊及之博士哲人、以夢告之、無人能為法老解、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Sin embargo, a la mañana siguiente se levantó muy preocupado, mandó llamar a todos los magos y sabios de Egipto, y les contó los dos sueños. Pero nadie se los pudo interpretar.
현대인의 성경 - 아침에 그는 번민하다가 이집트의 모든 마법사들과 지혜로운 자들을 불러 그들에게 자기 꿈을 말했으나 그 꿈을 해석하는 사람이 아무도 없었다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Утром его не оставляла тревога. Он созвал всех чародеев и мудрецов Египта и рассказал им свои сны, но никто не смог их истолковать.
Восточный перевод - Утром его не оставляла тревога. Он созвал всех чародеев и мудрецов Египта и рассказал им свои сны, но никто не смог их истолковать.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Утром его не оставляла тревога. Он созвал всех чародеев и мудрецов Египта и рассказал им свои сны, но никто не смог их истолковать.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Утром его не оставляла тревога. Он созвал всех чародеев и мудрецов Египта и рассказал им свои сны, но никто не смог их истолковать.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Au matin, inquiet, il fit convoquer tous les magiciens et les sages d’Egypte et leur raconta ses rêves, mais aucun d’eux ne put les lui interpréter.
リビングバイブル - 夜が明けると、王はあれこれ考えましたが、考えれば考えるほど、夢のことが気になってしかたありません。国中の魔術師や学者を呼び集め、夢の意味を解かせようとしましたが、だれにも何のことかわかりません。
Nova Versão Internacional - Pela manhã, perturbado, mandou chamar todos os magos e sábios do Egito e lhes contou os sonhos, mas ninguém foi capaz de interpretá-los.
Hoffnung für alle - Aber auch am nächsten Morgen ließen die Träume ihn nicht los. Beunruhigt rief er alle Wahrsager und Gelehrten Ägyptens zu sich. Er erzählte ihnen, was er geträumt hatte, aber keiner konnte es deuten.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Sáng hôm sau, tinh thần xao động, vua sai mời tất cả thuật sĩ và học giả Ai Cập vào hoàng cung. Vua Pha-ra-ôn thuật lại giấc mơ, nhưng chẳng ai giải nghĩa được.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เช้าวันรุ่งขึ้นฟาโรห์ทรงกังวลพระทัยนักจึงรับสั่งให้บรรดานักเล่นอาคมและปราชญ์ของอียิปต์มาเข้าเฝ้า พระองค์ทรงเล่าความฝันให้ฟัง แต่ไม่มีใครบอกได้ว่าความฝันพวกนั้นหมายถึงอะไร
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ครั้นรุ่งเช้า จิตใจของท่านก็หดหู่ ท่านจึงให้ไปตามพวกที่ใช้วิทยาคมและบรรดาผู้เรืองปัญญาของชาวอียิปต์ทั้งหมดมา แล้วฟาโรห์เล่าเรื่องที่ท่านฝันให้พวกเขาฟัง แต่ไม่มีใครสามารถแก้ฝันให้ฟาโรห์ได้

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1 Corinthians 3:18 - Don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that you can be wise merely by being relevant. Be God’s fool—that’s the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It’s written in Scripture, He exposes the hype of the hipsters. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls.
Daniel 5:8 - One after the other they tried, but could make no sense of it. They could neither read what was written nor interpret it to the king. So now the king was really frightened. All the blood drained from his face. The nobles were in a panic.
Deuteronomy 18:9 - When you enter the land that God, your God, is giving you, don’t take on the abominable ways of life of the nations there. Don’t you dare sacrifice your son or daughter in the fire. Don’t practice divination, sorcery, fortunetelling, witchery, casting spells, holding séances, or channeling with the dead. People who do these things are an abomination to God. It’s because of just such abominable practices that God, your God, is driving these nations out before you.
Deuteronomy 18:13 - Be completely loyal to God, your God. These nations that you’re about to run out of the country consort with sorcerers and witches. But not you. God, your God, forbids it.
Genesis 40:8 - They said, “We dreamed dreams and there’s no one to interpret them.” Joseph said, “Don’t interpretations come from God? Tell me the dreams.”
Leviticus 20:6 - “I will resolutely reject persons who dabble in the occult or traffic with mediums, prostituting themselves in their practices. I will cut them off from their people.
Exodus 8:18 - The magicians tried to produce gnats with their spells but this time they couldn’t do it. There were gnats everywhere, all over people and animals.
Exodus 8:19 - The magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is God’s doing.” But Pharaoh was stubborn and wouldn’t listen. Just as God had said.
Daniel 2:27 - Daniel answered the king, “No mere human can solve the king’s mystery, I don’t care who it is—no wise man, enchanter, magician, diviner. But there is a God in heaven who solves mysteries, and he has solved this one. He is letting King Nebuchadnezzar in on what is going to happen in the days ahead. This is the dream you had when you were lying on your bed, the vision that filled your mind:
Psalms 25:14 - God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in.
Isaiah 19:11 - The princes of Zoan are fools, the advisors of Pharaoh stupid. How could any of you dare tell Pharaoh, “Trust me: I’m wise. I know what’s going on. Why, I’m descended from the old wisdom of Egypt”? There’s not a wise man or woman left in the country. If there were, one of them would tell you what God-of-the-Angel-Armies has in mind for Egypt. As it is, the princes of Zoan are all fools and the princes of Memphis, idiots. The honored pillars of your society have led Egypt into detours and dead ends. God has scrambled their brains, Egypt’s become a falling-down-in-his-own-vomit drunk. Egypt’s hopeless, past helping, a senile, doddering old fool. * * *
Daniel 7:28 - “And there it ended. I, Daniel, was in shock. I was like a man who had seen a ghost. But I kept it all to myself.”
Daniel 8:27 - “I, Daniel, walked around in a daze, unwell for days. Then I got a grip on myself and went back to work taking care of the king’s affairs. But I continued to be upset by the vision. I couldn’t make sense of it.”
Exodus 8:7 - But again the magicians did the same thing using their incantations—they also produced frogs in Egypt.
Daniel 2:1 - In the second year of his reign, King Nebuchadnezzar started having dreams that disturbed him deeply. He couldn’t sleep. He called in all the Babylonian magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and fortunetellers to interpret his dreams for him. When they came and lined up before the king, he said to them, “I had a dream that I can’t get out of my mind. I can’t sleep until I know what it means.”
Daniel 2:4 - The fortunetellers, speaking in the Aramaic language, said, “Long live the king! Tell us the dream and we will interpret it.”
Daniel 2:5 - The king answered the fortunetellers, “This is my decree: If you can’t tell me both the dream itself and its interpretation, I’ll have you ripped to pieces, limb from limb, and your homes torn down. But if you tell me both the dream and its interpretation, I’ll lavish you with gifts and honors. So go to it: Tell me the dream and its interpretation.”
Daniel 2:7 - They answered, “If it please your majesty, tell us the dream. We’ll give the interpretation.”
Daniel 2:8 - But the king said, “I know what you’re up to—you’re just playing for time. You know you’re cornered. You know that if you can’t tell me my dream, you’re out and out doomed. I see right through you—you’re going to slap together some fancy stories and confuse the issue until I change my mind. No way! First tell me the dream, then I’ll know that you’re on the up and up with the interpretation and not just blowing smoke in my eyes.”
Daniel 2:10 - The fortunetellers said, “Nobody anywhere can do what you ask. And no king, great or small, has ever demanded anything like this from any magician, enchanter, or fortuneteller. What you’re asking is impossible unless some god or goddess should reveal it—and they don’t hang around with people like us.”
Daniel 4:19 - At first Daniel, who had been renamed Belteshazzar in Babylon, was upset. The thoughts that came swarming into his mind terrified him. “Belteshazzar,” the king said, “stay calm. Don’t let the dream and its interpretation scare you.” “My master,” said Belteshazzar, “I wish this dream were about your enemies and its interpretation for your foes.
Isaiah 8:19 - When people tell you, “Try out the fortunetellers. Consult the spiritualists. Why not tap into the spirit-world, get in touch with the dead?” Tell them, “No, we’re going to study the Scriptures.” People who try the other ways get nowhere—a dead end! Frustrated and famished, they try one thing after another. When nothing works out they get angry, cursing first this god and then that one, Looking this way and that, up, down, and sideways—and seeing nothing, A blank wall, an empty hole. They end up in the dark with nothing.
Leviticus 19:31 - “Don’t dabble in the occult or traffic with mediums; you’ll pollute your souls. I am God, your God.
Matthew 2:1 - After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory—this was during Herod’s kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around, “Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. We’re on pilgrimage to worship him.”
Exodus 7:22 - But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their incantations. Still Pharaoh remained stubborn. He wouldn’t listen to them as God had said. He spun around and went home, never giving it a second thought. But all the Egyptians had to dig inland from the river for water because they couldn’t drink the Nile water. Seven days went by after God had struck the Nile.
Exodus 7:11 - Pharaoh called in his wise men and sorcerers. The magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their spells: each man threw down his staff and they all turned into snakes. But then Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs.

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交叉引用

The Message - When morning came, he was upset. He sent for all the magicians and sages of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but they couldn’t interpret them to him.
新标点和合本 - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就差人召了埃及所有的术士和博士来；法老就把所做的梦告诉他们，却没有人能给法老圆解。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就派人把埃及所有的术士和智慧人都召来。法老把所做的梦告诉他们，但是没有人能为法老解梦。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就派人把埃及所有的术士和智慧人都召来。法老把所做的梦告诉他们，但是没有人能为法老解梦。
当代译本 - 早上法老心中不安，就派人召来埃及所有的术士和智者，把梦告诉他们，可是没有一个人能为他解梦。
圣经新译本 - 到了早晨，法老心里烦乱，就派人去把埃及所有的术士和智慧人都召了来；法老把自己的梦告诉他们，但是没有人能替法老解梦。
中文标准译本 - 到了早晨，法老灵里烦乱，就派人召来了埃及所有的术士和智慧人。法老向他们讲述了他的梦，但没有人能为法老解梦。
现代标点和合本 - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就差人召了埃及所有的术士和博士来。法老就把所做的梦告诉他们，却没有人能给法老圆解。
和合本（拼音版） - 到了早晨，法老心里不安，就差人召了埃及所有的术士和博士来。法老就把所作的梦告诉他们，却没有人能给法老圆解。
New International Version - In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
New International Reader's Version - In the morning he was worried. So he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams. But no one could tell him what they meant.
English Standard Version - So in the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
New Living Translation - The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.
Christian Standard Bible - When morning came, he was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
New American Standard Bible - Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent messengers and called for all the soothsayer priests of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
New King James Version - Now it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
Amplified Bible - So when morning came his spirit was troubled and disturbed and he sent and called for all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them to him.
American Standard Version - And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
King James Version - And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
New English Translation - In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
World English Bible - In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
新標點和合本 - 到了早晨，法老心裏不安，就差人召了埃及所有的術士和博士來；法老就把所做的夢告訴他們，卻沒有人能給法老圓解。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 到了早晨，法老心裏不安，就派人把埃及所有的術士和智慧人都召來。法老把所做的夢告訴他們，但是沒有人能為法老解夢。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 到了早晨，法老心裏不安，就派人把埃及所有的術士和智慧人都召來。法老把所做的夢告訴他們，但是沒有人能為法老解夢。
當代譯本 - 早上法老心中不安，就派人召來埃及所有的術士和智者，把夢告訴他們，可是沒有一個人能為他解夢。
聖經新譯本 - 到了早晨，法老心裡煩亂，就派人去把埃及所有的術士和智慧人都召了來；法老把自己的夢告訴他們，但是沒有人能替法老解夢。
呂振中譯本 - 到了早晨，法老心裏煩亂，就打發人把埃及所有的學術士和智慧人都召了來；法老將他的夢向他們敘說，卻沒有人能給法老解釋。
中文標準譯本 - 到了早晨，法老靈裡煩亂，就派人召來了埃及所有的術士和智慧人。法老向他們講述了他的夢，但沒有人能為法老解夢。
現代標點和合本 - 到了早晨，法老心裡不安，就差人召了埃及所有的術士和博士來。法老就把所做的夢告訴他們，卻沒有人能給法老圓解。
文理和合譯本 - 詰朝、中心憂疑、召埃及博士哲人、以夢告之、無能占者、○
文理委辦譯本 - 昧爽、中心憂疑、召埃及博士哲人、以夢告之、皆弗識其兆。○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 既旦、中心憂疑、召伊及之博士哲人、以夢告之、無人能為法老解、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Sin embargo, a la mañana siguiente se levantó muy preocupado, mandó llamar a todos los magos y sabios de Egipto, y les contó los dos sueños. Pero nadie se los pudo interpretar.
현대인의 성경 - 아침에 그는 번민하다가 이집트의 모든 마법사들과 지혜로운 자들을 불러 그들에게 자기 꿈을 말했으나 그 꿈을 해석하는 사람이 아무도 없었다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Утром его не оставляла тревога. Он созвал всех чародеев и мудрецов Египта и рассказал им свои сны, но никто не смог их истолковать.
Восточный перевод - Утром его не оставляла тревога. Он созвал всех чародеев и мудрецов Египта и рассказал им свои сны, но никто не смог их истолковать.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Утром его не оставляла тревога. Он созвал всех чародеев и мудрецов Египта и рассказал им свои сны, но никто не смог их истолковать.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Утром его не оставляла тревога. Он созвал всех чародеев и мудрецов Египта и рассказал им свои сны, но никто не смог их истолковать.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Au matin, inquiet, il fit convoquer tous les magiciens et les sages d’Egypte et leur raconta ses rêves, mais aucun d’eux ne put les lui interpréter.
リビングバイブル - 夜が明けると、王はあれこれ考えましたが、考えれば考えるほど、夢のことが気になってしかたありません。国中の魔術師や学者を呼び集め、夢の意味を解かせようとしましたが、だれにも何のことかわかりません。
Nova Versão Internacional - Pela manhã, perturbado, mandou chamar todos os magos e sábios do Egito e lhes contou os sonhos, mas ninguém foi capaz de interpretá-los.
Hoffnung für alle - Aber auch am nächsten Morgen ließen die Träume ihn nicht los. Beunruhigt rief er alle Wahrsager und Gelehrten Ägyptens zu sich. Er erzählte ihnen, was er geträumt hatte, aber keiner konnte es deuten.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Sáng hôm sau, tinh thần xao động, vua sai mời tất cả thuật sĩ và học giả Ai Cập vào hoàng cung. Vua Pha-ra-ôn thuật lại giấc mơ, nhưng chẳng ai giải nghĩa được.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เช้าวันรุ่งขึ้นฟาโรห์ทรงกังวลพระทัยนักจึงรับสั่งให้บรรดานักเล่นอาคมและปราชญ์ของอียิปต์มาเข้าเฝ้า พระองค์ทรงเล่าความฝันให้ฟัง แต่ไม่มีใครบอกได้ว่าความฝันพวกนั้นหมายถึงอะไร
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ครั้นรุ่งเช้า จิตใจของท่านก็หดหู่ ท่านจึงให้ไปตามพวกที่ใช้วิทยาคมและบรรดาผู้เรืองปัญญาของชาวอียิปต์ทั้งหมดมา แล้วฟาโรห์เล่าเรื่องที่ท่านฝันให้พวกเขาฟัง แต่ไม่มีใครสามารถแก้ฝันให้ฟาโรห์ได้

1 Corinthians 3:18 - Don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that you can be wise merely by being relevant. Be God’s fool—that’s the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It’s written in Scripture, He exposes the hype of the hipsters. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls.
Daniel 5:8 - One after the other they tried, but could make no sense of it. They could neither read what was written nor interpret it to the king. So now the king was really frightened. All the blood drained from his face. The nobles were in a panic.
Deuteronomy 18:9 - When you enter the land that God, your God, is giving you, don’t take on the abominable ways of life of the nations there. Don’t you dare sacrifice your son or daughter in the fire. Don’t practice divination, sorcery, fortunetelling, witchery, casting spells, holding séances, or channeling with the dead. People who do these things are an abomination to God. It’s because of just such abominable practices that God, your God, is driving these nations out before you.
Deuteronomy 18:13 - Be completely loyal to God, your God. These nations that you’re about to run out of the country consort with sorcerers and witches. But not you. God, your God, forbids it.
Genesis 40:8 - They said, “We dreamed dreams and there’s no one to interpret them.” Joseph said, “Don’t interpretations come from God? Tell me the dreams.”
Leviticus 20:6 - “I will resolutely reject persons who dabble in the occult or traffic with mediums, prostituting themselves in their practices. I will cut them off from their people.
Exodus 8:18 - The magicians tried to produce gnats with their spells but this time they couldn’t do it. There were gnats everywhere, all over people and animals.
Exodus 8:19 - The magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is God’s doing.” But Pharaoh was stubborn and wouldn’t listen. Just as God had said.
Daniel 2:27 - Daniel answered the king, “No mere human can solve the king’s mystery, I don’t care who it is—no wise man, enchanter, magician, diviner. But there is a God in heaven who solves mysteries, and he has solved this one. He is letting King Nebuchadnezzar in on what is going to happen in the days ahead. This is the dream you had when you were lying on your bed, the vision that filled your mind:
Psalms 25:14 - God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in.
Isaiah 19:11 - The princes of Zoan are fools, the advisors of Pharaoh stupid. How could any of you dare tell Pharaoh, “Trust me: I’m wise. I know what’s going on. Why, I’m descended from the old wisdom of Egypt”? There’s not a wise man or woman left in the country. If there were, one of them would tell you what God-of-the-Angel-Armies has in mind for Egypt. As it is, the princes of Zoan are all fools and the princes of Memphis, idiots. The honored pillars of your society have led Egypt into detours and dead ends. God has scrambled their brains, Egypt’s become a falling-down-in-his-own-vomit drunk. Egypt’s hopeless, past helping, a senile, doddering old fool. * * *
Daniel 7:28 - “And there it ended. I, Daniel, was in shock. I was like a man who had seen a ghost. But I kept it all to myself.”
Daniel 8:27 - “I, Daniel, walked around in a daze, unwell for days. Then I got a grip on myself and went back to work taking care of the king’s affairs. But I continued to be upset by the vision. I couldn’t make sense of it.”
Exodus 8:7 - But again the magicians did the same thing using their incantations—they also produced frogs in Egypt.
Daniel 2:1 - In the second year of his reign, King Nebuchadnezzar started having dreams that disturbed him deeply. He couldn’t sleep. He called in all the Babylonian magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and fortunetellers to interpret his dreams for him. When they came and lined up before the king, he said to them, “I had a dream that I can’t get out of my mind. I can’t sleep until I know what it means.”
Daniel 2:4 - The fortunetellers, speaking in the Aramaic language, said, “Long live the king! Tell us the dream and we will interpret it.”
Daniel 2:5 - The king answered the fortunetellers, “This is my decree: If you can’t tell me both the dream itself and its interpretation, I’ll have you ripped to pieces, limb from limb, and your homes torn down. But if you tell me both the dream and its interpretation, I’ll lavish you with gifts and honors. So go to it: Tell me the dream and its interpretation.”
Daniel 2:7 - They answered, “If it please your majesty, tell us the dream. We’ll give the interpretation.”
Daniel 2:8 - But the king said, “I know what you’re up to—you’re just playing for time. You know you’re cornered. You know that if you can’t tell me my dream, you’re out and out doomed. I see right through you—you’re going to slap together some fancy stories and confuse the issue until I change my mind. No way! First tell me the dream, then I’ll know that you’re on the up and up with the interpretation and not just blowing smoke in my eyes.”
Daniel 2:10 - The fortunetellers said, “Nobody anywhere can do what you ask. And no king, great or small, has ever demanded anything like this from any magician, enchanter, or fortuneteller. What you’re asking is impossible unless some god or goddess should reveal it—and they don’t hang around with people like us.”
Daniel 4:19 - At first Daniel, who had been renamed Belteshazzar in Babylon, was upset. The thoughts that came swarming into his mind terrified him. “Belteshazzar,” the king said, “stay calm. Don’t let the dream and its interpretation scare you.” “My master,” said Belteshazzar, “I wish this dream were about your enemies and its interpretation for your foes.
Isaiah 8:19 - When people tell you, “Try out the fortunetellers. Consult the spiritualists. Why not tap into the spirit-world, get in touch with the dead?” Tell them, “No, we’re going to study the Scriptures.” People who try the other ways get nowhere—a dead end! Frustrated and famished, they try one thing after another. When nothing works out they get angry, cursing first this god and then that one, Looking this way and that, up, down, and sideways—and seeing nothing, A blank wall, an empty hole. They end up in the dark with nothing.
Leviticus 19:31 - “Don’t dabble in the occult or traffic with mediums; you’ll pollute your souls. I am God, your God.
Matthew 2:1 - After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory—this was during Herod’s kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around, “Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. We’re on pilgrimage to worship him.”
Exodus 7:22 - But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their incantations. Still Pharaoh remained stubborn. He wouldn’t listen to them as God had said. He spun around and went home, never giving it a second thought. But all the Egyptians had to dig inland from the river for water because they couldn’t drink the Nile water. Seven days went by after God had struck the Nile.
Exodus 7:11 - Pharaoh called in his wise men and sorcerers. The magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their spells: each man threw down his staff and they all turned into snakes. But then Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs.