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13 So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the captives of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah? 14 I have heard about you, how there is a spirit of the gods in you, and how you have[a] insight, discernment, and extraordinary wisdom. 15 Now the wise men and[b] astrologers were brought before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation. But they were unable to disclose the interpretation of the message.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:14 tn Aram “there has been found in you.”
  2. Daniel 5:15 tn The Aramaic text does not have “and.” The term “astrologers” is either an appositive for “wise men” (cf. KJV, NKJV, ASV, RSV, NRSV), or the construction is to be understood as asyndetic (so the translation above).