DAN 2:11 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT The thing that the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who can show it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

UST 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!”

BSB 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 What the king asks is too hard. There is no one else who can tell it to the king, except the gods, who do not live among mortals.’

WEBBE 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.”

WMBB (Same as above)

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]

2:11 Literally “there is not another”

2:11 Literally “concerning their dwelling is not with flesh”

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 No Moff DAN book available

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.

2.11 Elohim

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.

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 certifie 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 requyreth. Neither is there eny, that can certifie 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, axist, is greuouse, neither any shall be foundun, that shall show it in the sight of the king, outakun gods, whos 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 fordert, is to hoch, and is also sonst no_one, the/of_the it before/in_front_of to_him kings/king say könne, ausgenommen the gods, the at the Menschen not 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.
(Sermo because, which you quæris, rex, gravis it_is: but_not reperietur quisquam who indicet him in in_sight king, exceptis diis, quorum not/no it_is when/with hominibus conversatio. )

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