Daniel 1:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַיְלָדִ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אַרְבַּעְתָּ֔ם נָתַ֨ן לָהֶ֧ם הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים מַדָּ֥ע וְהַשְׂכֵּ֖ל בְּכָל־סֵ֣פֶר וְחָכְמָ֑ה וְדָנִיֵּ֣אל הֵבִ֔ין בְּכָל־חָז֖וֹן וַחֲלֹמֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

and-the-yəlādhîm the-these four-of-them nāthan to-them hāʾĕlōhîm maddāʿ and-haśkēl in-all-sēpher and-ḥokhmāh and-Dāniyyēʾl hēbhîn in-all-ḥāzôn and-ḥălōmôth

Grammar Details

• *yəlādhîm*: noun masculine plural with definite article - the youths
• *nāthan*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gave
• *hāʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural with definite article - the God
• *maddāʿ*: noun masculine singular - knowledge/science
• *haśkēl*: hiphil infinitive absolute - understanding/insight
• *sēpher*: noun masculine singular - book/writing
• *ḥokhmāh*: noun feminine singular - wisdom
• *Dāniyyēʾl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Daniel
• *hēbhîn*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he understood
• *ḥāzôn*: noun masculine singular - vision
• *ḥălōmôth*: noun masculine plural - dreams

Word Meanings

• *yəlādhîm*: youths/young men/children
• *nāthan*: gave/granted/bestowed
• *hāʾĕlōhîm*: the God/God (plural form with singular meaning in Hebrew)
• *maddāʿ*: knowledge/science/learning
• *haśkēl*: understanding/insight/skill
• *sēpher*: book/writing/literature
• *ḥokhmāh*: wisdom/skill
• *hēbhîn*: understood/comprehended/had insight
• *ḥāzôn*: vision/revelation
• *ḥălōmôth*: dreams/dream visions

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  To these four young men, God gave knowledge and understanding in all kinds of literature and wisdom. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and niel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now as for these four{H702} youths,{H3206} God{H430} gave{H5414} them knowledge{H4093} and skill{H7919} in all learning{H5612} and wisdom:{H2451} and Daniel{H1840} had understanding{H995} in all visions{H2377} and dreams.{H2472}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  As for these four{H702} children{H3206}, God{H430} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} them knowledge{H4093} and skill{H7919}{(H8687)} in all learning{H5612} and wisdom{H2451}: and Daniel{H1840} had understanding{H995}{(H8689)} in all visions{H2377} and dreams{H2472}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  God gaue now these foure spryngaldes connynge and lernynge in all scripture and wisdome: but vnto Daniel specially, he gaue vnderstondinge off all visions and dreames.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As for these foure children, God gaue them knowledge, & vnderstanding in al learning and wisedome: also he gaue Daniel vnderstanding of all visions and dreames.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As for these foure children, God gaue them knowledge and vnderstanding in all learning & wysdome: also he gaue Daniel vnderstanding of all visions and dreames.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every `kind of' literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every `kind of' vision and dreams.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom– and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 3:12 : 12 Behold, I have done according to your words: lo, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like you before you, nor shall any arise like unto you.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
• Job 32:8 : 8 But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding.
• Dan 2:23 : 23 I thank you, and praise you, O God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might, and has made known to me now what we desired of you: for you have now made known to us the king's matter.
• Dan 2:21 : 21 And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding.
• Col 1:9 : 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
• Acts 7:22 : 22 And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.
• Dan 10:1 : 1 In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the message was true, but the time appointed was long; and he understood the message and had understanding of the vision.
• Prov 2:6 : 6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
• 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had made; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
• 1 Kgs 4:29-31 : 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart, like the sand on the seashore. 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the East, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations around.
• 2 Chr 1:10 : 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great?
• 2 Chr 1:12 : 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall any after you have the like.
• 2 Chr 26:5 : 5 And he sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the visions of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.
• Ps 119:98-99 : 98 You, through Your commandments, have made me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.
• Gen 41:8-9 : 8 In the morning, his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for Pharaoh. 9 Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker. 11 And we each had a dream in one night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. 12 There with us was a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard, and we told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, to each man according to his dream. 13 And it came to pass, just as he interpreted for us, so it was; he restored me to my office, and he hanged the other. 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothes, and came to Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you, that you can understand a dream to interpret it.
• Num 12:6 : 6 And he said, 'Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream.'
• Eccl 2:26 : 26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Isa 28:26 : 26 For his God instructs him in right judgment, his God teaches him.
• Ezek 28:3 : 3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you:
• Dan 2:19 : 19 Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
• Dan 4:9-9 : 9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation. 10 These were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
• Dan 5:11-12 : 11 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers. 12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, solving of riddles, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
• Dan 5:14 : 14 I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
• Dan 7:1 : 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions in his mind while on his bed. Then he wrote the dream down, and told the sum of the matters.
• Dan 8:1 : 1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, even to me Daniel, after the one that appeared to me at the first.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor resist.
• Acts 6:10 : 10 They were unable to withstand the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.
• Acts 7:10 : 10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
• 1 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.