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Daniel 5:12 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Daniel 5:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Daniel chapter 5 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. interpreting: or, of an interpreter dissolving: or, of a dissolver doubts: Cald. knots”
Daniel 5:12 (KJV)
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Commentary on Daniel 5:12
The queen details Daniel's specific abilities: 'excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, showing hard sentences, and dissolving doubts.' These encompass the full range of wisdom—intellectual acuity, spiritual discernment, interpretive skill, and problem-solving ability. The phrase 'interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts' catalogs precisely what the current situation requires. She concludes with recommendation: 'let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.' This confident assertion demonstrates complete faith in Dani...
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Cross-References for Daniel 5:12
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“that the spirit of the gods is in you”
“because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.”
“[of] Shadrach; and to Mishael”
“but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”
“that you can give interpretations”
“they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.”
“whose name was Belteshazzar”
“she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem”
“He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.”
“whose name was Belteshazzar”