Daniel 1:4 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 1:4

young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

BSB

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ASV

youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skilful in all wisdom, and endued with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

KJV

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Children - ילדים yeladim, youths, young men; and so the word should be rendered throughout this book. Skilled in all wisdom - Rather, persons capable of every kind of literary accomplishment, that they might be put under proper instruction. And as children of the blood and of the nobles mere most likely, from the care usually taken of their initiatory education, to profit most by the elaborate instruction here designed, the master of the eunuchs, the king’s chamberlain, was commanded to choose the youths in question out of such.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Nay, we do not find that he ordered them to be taught the religion of the Chaldeans, by which it appears That he was at this time no bigot; if men were skilful and faithful, and fit for his business, it was not material to him what religion they were of, provided they had but some religion.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְלָדִ֣ים	ye.la.Dim	youths	H3206 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
אֵֽין־	'ein-	not	H369 →
בָּהֶ֣ם	ba.Hem	[was] in them
כָּל־	kol-	any	H3605 →
מוּם֩	me.'um	blemish	H3971 →
וְטוֹבֵ֨י	ve.to.Vei	and good of	H2896 →
מַרְאֶ֜ה	mar.'Eh	appearance	H4758 →
וּמַשְׂכִּילִ֣ים	u.mas.ki.Lim	and having insight	H7919 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
חָכְמָ֗ה	chokh.mah	wisdom	H2451 →
וְיֹ֤דְעֵי	ve.Yo.de.'ei	and knowing	H3045 →
דַ֙עַת֙	da.'at	<of> knowledge	H1847 →
וּמְבִינֵ֣י	u.me.vi.Nei	and understanding	H995 →
מַדָּ֔ע	ma.Da'	<of> knowledge	H4093 →
וַאֲשֶׁר֙	va.'a.Sher	and whom	H834 →
כֹּ֣חַ	Ko.ach	ability	H3581 →
בָּהֶ֔ם	ba.Hem	[was] in them
לַעֲמֹ֖ד	la.'a.Mod	to stand	H5975 →
בְּהֵיכַ֣ל	be.hei.Khal	in [the] palace of	H1964 →
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥ם	u.la.la.me.Dam	and to teach them	H3925 →
סֵ֖פֶר	Se.fer	[the] writing	H5612 →
וּלְשׁ֥וֹן	u.le.Shon	and [the] tongue of	H3956 →
כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃	kas.Dim	[the] Chaldeans	H3778 →

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
Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:28
  Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
- Matthew 25:21
  His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- Proverbs 12:24
  The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Matthew 25:23
  His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- Proverbs 10:4
  Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Through
2 Samuel 14:25
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single…
leads to
- Isaiah 1:6
  From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
- Deuteronomy 28:35
  The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
Through
Daniel 5:11
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that…
leads to
- Daniel 4:8–9
  But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream: