(NIV)
Pharaoh then summoned the wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:
Then
Pharaoh summoned the
wise men and the
sorcerers, and they, the
magicians of
Egypt, also
did the
same by their
secret arts.
(NIV)
‘Do not allow a sorceress to live.
“You shall
not permit a
sorceress to
live.
(NIV)
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practises divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,
There shall
not be
found among you anyone who
burns his
son or his
daughter as an
offering, anyone who
practices divination or
tells fortunes or
interprets omens, or a
sorcerer
(NIV)
He sacrificed his children in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practised divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the
Lord, arousing his anger.
And he
burned his
sons as an
offering in the
Valley of the
Son of
Hinnom, and used
fortune-telling and
omens and
sorcery, and
dealt with
mediums and with
necromancers. He
did much evil in the
sight of the
Lord, provoking him to
anger.
(NIV)
The Egyptians will lose heart,
and I will bring their plans to nothing;
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
the mediums and the spiritists.
and the
spirit of the
Egyptians within them will be
emptied out,
and I will
confound their
counsel;
and they will
inquire of the
idols and the
sorcerers,
and the
mediums and the
necromancers;
(NIV)
So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, “You will not serve the king of Babylon.”
So do
not listen to your
prophets, your
diviners, your
dreamers, your
fortune-tellers, or your
sorcerers,
who are
saying to you, ‘You shall
not serve the
king of
Babylon.’
(NIV)
So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king,
Then the
king commanded that the
magicians,
the
enchanters, the
sorcerers, and the
Chaldeans be
summoned to
tell the
king his
dreams. So they
came in and
stood before the
king.
(NIV)
The astrologers answered the king, ‘There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.
The
Chaldeans answered the king and
said, “There
is not a
man on earth who
can meet the
king’s demand,
for no great and
powerful king has
asked such a
thing of
any magician or
enchanter or
Chaldean.
(NIV)
Daniel replied, ‘No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about,
Daniel answered the
king and
said, “
No wise men,
enchanters,
magicians, or
astrologers can
show to the
king the
mystery that the
king has
asked,
(NIV)
When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.
Then the
magicians, the
enchanters, the
Chaldeans, and the
astrologers came
in,
and I told them the
dream, but they could
not make known to me its
interpretation.
(NIV)
The king summoned the enchanters, astrologers and diviners. Then he said to these wise men of Babylon, ‘Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed round his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.’
The
king called loudly to bring
in the
enchanters, the
Chaldeans, and the
astrologers. The
king declared to the
wise men of
Babylon,
“
Whoever reads this writing, and
shows me its
interpretation, shall be
clothed with
purple and have a
chain of
gold around his
neck and shall be the
third ruler in the
kingdom.”
(NIV)
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.
There
is a
man in your
kingdom in
whom is the
spirit of the
holy gods. In the
days of your
father,
light and
understanding and
wisdom like the
wisdom of the
gods were
found in him, and
King Nebuchadnezzar, your
father—your
father the
king—
made him
chief of the
magicians,
enchanters,
Chaldeans, and
astrologers,
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The wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not explain it.
Now the
wise men, the
enchanters, have been
brought in before me to
read this writing and
make known to me its
interpretation, but they
could not show the
interpretation of the
matter.
(NIV)
‘So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud labourers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,’ says the
Lord Almighty.
“Then I will draw
near to you for
judgment. I will be a
swift witness against the
sorcerers, against the
adulterers, against those who
swear falsely, against those who
oppress the
hired worker in his
wages,
the
widow and the
fatherless, against those
who thrust aside the
sojourner, and do
not fear me,
says the
Lord of
hosts.
(NIV)
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem
Now after
Jesus was
born in Bethlehem of
Judea in the
days of
Herod the
king,
behold,
wise men from the
east came to Jerusalem,
(NIV)
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
Then Herod summoned the
wise men secretly and
ascertained from them what
time the
star had
appeared.
(NIV)
When Herod realised that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.
Then Herod, when he
saw that he had been
tricked by the
wise men,
became furious,
and he
sent and
killed all the
male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who
were two years old
or under,
according to the
time that he had
ascertained from the
wise men.
(NIV)
They travelled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
When they had gone
through the whole
island as
far as
Paphos, they
came upon a
certain magician,
a
Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
(NIV)
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
But Elymas the
magician (
for that is the
meaning of
his name)
opposed them,
seeking to turn the
proconsul away from the
faith.
(NIV)
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practise magic arts, the idolaters and all liars – they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulphur. This is the second death.’
But as for the
cowardly,
the faithless,
the detestable,
as for
murderers,
the sexually
immoral,
sorcerers,
idolaters,
and all liars,
their portion will be
in the
lake that burns with
fire and sulfur, which
is the
second death.”
(NIV)
Outside are the dogs, those who practise magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practises falsehood.
(ESV)
Outside are the
dogs and sorcerers and the sexually
immoral and murderers and idolaters,
and everyone who
loves and practices falsehood.
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