Verse List for DAN 2:11

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) What you’re requesting, your majesty, is difficult, and no human can tell you what you dreamt—only the gods.”

OET-LV And_the_matter which the_king is_asking is_difficult and_another not there who he/it _would _inform_it before Oh/the_king except gods who their_dwelling _place is_with the_flesh not it_is.

ULT For the matter that the king asks, is difficult, and there is not another who will show, it before the king except the gods, who, their dwelling is not with flesh.”

UST What you are asking us to do is impossible. The only beings who could tell you what you dreamed are the gods, but they do not live among us people!”

BSB & MSB What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

OEB No OEB DAN book available

WEBBE & WMBB It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

NET What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods – but they don’t live among mortals!”

LSV and the thing that the king is asking [is] precious, and there are no others that show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

FBV What Your Majesty is asking is impossible! No one can tell Your Majesty what you dreamed, except the gods, and they do not live among us mortals.”

T4T What you are asking us to do is impossible. Only the gods can tell you what you dreamed, and they do not live among us!”

LEB And the thing that the king is asking is too difficult and _⌊there is no one who_⌋[fn] can reveal it to the king except the gods _⌊whose dwelling is not with mortals_⌋.”[fn]

BBE The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods, whose living-place is not with flesh.

Moff The king is asking a hard thing, which none can tell him except the gods who dwell not with mortal men.”

JPS And it is a hard thing that the king asketh, and there is none other that can declare it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.'

ASV And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

DRA For the thing that thou askest, O king, is difficult; nor can any one be found that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose conversation is not with men.

YLT and the thing that the king is asking [is] precious, and others are there not that do shew it before the king, save the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.'

Drby For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the [fn]gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

RV And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
(And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.)

SLT And the word the king asked will be made rare, and there is not another that will show it before the king except the gods that their dwelling is not with flesh.

Wbstr And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

KJB-1769 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
(And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.)

KJB-1611 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the King, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps For it is a rare matter that the king requireth, neither is there any that can certifie the king therof, except the gods whose dwelling is not with fleshe.
(For it is a rare matter that the king requireth, neither is there any that can certify the king thereof, except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh.)

Gnva For it is a rare thing that the King requireth, and there is none other that can declare it before the King, except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh.

Cvdl for it is a very harde matter, that the kynge requyreth. Nether is there eny, that can certifie the kynge theroff, excepte the goddes: whose dwellinge is not amonge the creatures.
(for it is a very hard matter, that the king requireth. Neither is there any, that can certify the king thereoff, except the gods: whose dwelling is not among the creatures.)

Wycl For the word which thou, kyng, axist, is greuouse, nether ony schal be foundun, that schal schewe it in the siyt of the king, outakun goddis, whos lyuyng is not with men.
(For the word which thou/you, king, askest/ask, is greuouse, neither any shall be found, that shall show it in the sight of the king, out-taken/except gods, whose living is not with men.)

Luth Denn das der König fordert, ist zu hoch, und ist auch sonst niemand, der es vor dem Könige sagen könne, ausgenommen die Götter, die bei den Menschen nicht wohnen.
(Because the the/of_the king demands(v), is to/for high, and is also otherwise no_one, the/of_the it before/in_front_of to_him king(s) say could, except/apart_from the gods, the at/in the people not live/reside.)

ClVg Sermo enim, quem tu quæris, rex, gravis est: nec reperietur quisquam qui indicet illum in conspectu regis, exceptis diis, quorum non est cum hominibus conversatio.
(Speech/Report because, which you(sg) you_are_looking_for, king, serious/important/heavy it_is: but_not findetur anyone who/which indicate him in/into/on in_sight king, except gods, whose not/no it_is when/with to_humans conversation.)

UHB וּ⁠מִלְּתָ֨⁠א דִֽי־מַלְכָּ֤⁠ה שָׁאֵל֙ יַקִּירָ֔ה וְ⁠אָחֳרָן֙ לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖⁠הּ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑⁠א לָהֵ֣ן אֱלָהִ֔ין דִּ֚י מְדָ֣רְ⁠ה֔וֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָ֖⁠א לָ֥א אִיתֽוֹ⁠הִי׃ ‡

BrLXX No BrLXX DAN book available

BrTr No BrTr DAN book available