Daniel 5:8 — Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or re… — AMP | maBible
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8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or reveal to the king its interpretation.
Notes and references
In light of what Daniel says in v 25, it is hard to escape the conclusion that for some reason the letters were unreadable to the wise men. The ancient rabbis speculated that the words were written in some kind of code that had to be deciphered. Among the suggestions were reversing the order of the…