Daniel 1:17 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 1:17

To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

KJV

As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER ONE (420)

Verse 17. "But God gave these lads knowledge and learning in every book and branch of wisdom, and He gave to Daniel besides an understanding of all visions and dreams." Note that God is said to have given the holy lads knowledge and learning in secular literature, in every book and branch of wisdom. Symmachus rendered this by "grammatical art," implying that they understood everything they read, and by the Spirit of God could make a judgment concerning the lore of the Chaldeans.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

As for these four children - On the word “children,” see the notes at Dan 1:4. Compare Dan 1:6. God gave them knowledge and skill - See the notes at Dan 1:9. There is no reason to suppose that in the “knowledge and skill” here referred to, it is meant to be implied that there was anything miraculous, or that there was any direct inspiration.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַיְלָדִ֤ים	ve.hay.la.Dim	and the youths	H3206 →
הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
אַרְבַּעְתָּ֔ם	'ar.ba'.Tam	[the] four of them	H702 →
נָתַ֨ן	na.Tan	he gave	H5414 →
לָהֶ֧ם	la.Hem	to them
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
מַדָּ֥ע	ma.Da'	knowledge	H4093 →
וְהַשְׂכֵּ֖ל	ve.has.Kel	and insight	H7919 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
סֵ֣פֶר	Se.fer	writing	H5612 →
וְחָכְמָ֑ה	ve.cha.khe.Mah	and wisdom	H2451 →
וְדָנִיֵּ֣אל	ve.da.ni.Yel	and Daniel	H1840 →
הֵבִ֔ין	he.Vin	he understood	H995 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	<in> every	H3605 →
חָז֖וֹן	cha.Zon	vision	H2377 →
וַחֲלֹמֽוֹת׃	va.cha.lo.Mot	and dreams	H2472 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
leads to
- Proverbs 2:3–6
  if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
- 1 John 5:14–15
  And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 15:7
  If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Proverbs 3:5–7
  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Through
Daniel 2:21
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
leads to
- Psalms 75:5–7
  Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
- Psalms 31:14–15
  But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
- Psalms 113:7–8
  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump