Daniel 5:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Daniel 5:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Daniel 5:14 is a verse from the book of Daniel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Daniel 5:14 — KJV
“I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.”
— Daniel 5:14 (KJV)
Daniel 5:14 in Context — About the Book of Daniel
Daniel proves you can serve God at full integrity inside a hostile empire. Lions' den, fiery furnace, interpreted dreams, and twenty-one-day prayer battles — Daniel and his friends out-pray and out-live every decree against them, while visions unveil God's rule over all kingdoms and centuries.
Cross-References for Daniel 5:14
“There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; father: or, grandfather”
Shares key themes with Daniel 5:14: spirit, gods, light
“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;”
Shares key themes with Daniel 5:14: heard, spirit, understanding
“Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. interpreting: or, of an interpreter dissolving: or, of a dissolver doubts: Chaldee, knots”
Shares key themes with Daniel 5:14: spirit, understanding, excellent
“And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,”
Shares key themes with Daniel 5:14: spirit, understanding, wisdom
“And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;”
Shares key themes with Daniel 5:14: spirit, understanding, wisdom
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