Daniel 1:20 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 1:20

In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

BSB

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ASV

And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm.

KJV

And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And in all matters of wisdom and understanding - Margin, “of.” The Hebrew is, “Everything of wisdom of understanding.” The Greek, “In all things of wisdom “and” knowledge.” The meaning is, in everything which required peculiar wisdom to understand and explain it. The points submitted were such as would appropriately come before the minds of the sages and magicians who were employed as counselors at court. He found them ten times better - Better counselors, better informed. Hebrew, “ten “hands” above the magicians;” that is, ten “times,” or “many” times.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He was soon aware of something extraordinary in these young men, and, which gave him a surprising satisfaction, was soon aware that a little of their true divinity was preferable to a great deal of the divination he had been used to.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכֹ֗ל	ve.Khol	and every	H3605 →
דְּבַר֙	de.Var	matter of	H1697 →
חָכְמַ֣ת	cha.khe.Mat	wisdom of	H2451 →
בִּינָ֔ה	bi.Nah	understanding	H998 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
בִּקֵּ֥שׁ	bi.Kesh	he sought	H1245 →
מֵהֶ֖ם	me.Hem	from them
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וַֽיִּמְצָאֵ֞ם	vai.yim.tza.'Em	and he found them	H4672 →
עֶ֣שֶׂר	'E.ser	ten	H6235 →
יָד֗וֹת	ya.Dot	hands	H3027 →
עַ֤ל	'al	above	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַֽחַרְטֻמִּים֙	ha.char.tu.Mim	the soothsayer-priests	H2748 →
הָֽאַשָּׁפִ֔ים	ha.'a.sha.Fim	the conjurers	H825 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	[were] in all	H3605 →
מַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃	mal.khu.To	kingdom his	H4438 →

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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
Exodus 8:19
“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
leads to
- Luke 11:20
  But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- Psalms 8:3
  When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- Matthew 12:28
  But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- Exodus 7:5
  And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
Through
Exodus 7:22
But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
leads to
- Exodus 7:11
  But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 41:8
In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
leads to
- Daniel 4:7
  When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.
- Exodus 7:22
  But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- Daniel 4:5
  I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.