Daniel 5:8

8Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.

8Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.

8Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.

8Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not 5:8 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 letters (e.g. ENM for MENE etc.) and an elaborate puzzle in which the letters of each word were separated and spread out to form three senseless words: “MMTUS NNKFE EELRN” (“M…N…E” etc.).read the writing or reveal to the king its interpretation.

8So all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or interpret it for him.

8Then all the king’s wise men came in. But they couldn’t read the writing. They couldn’t tell him what it meant.