11 There is a man in your kingdom (A)in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.[a] In the days of your father, (B)light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—(C)made him chief of the magicians, (D)enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

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  1. Daniel 5:11 Or Spirit of the holy God

20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all (A)the magicians and (B)enchanters that were in all his kingdom.

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