1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Daniel 1:20 | And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the diviners, and wise men, that were in all his kingdom. | Diviners, or fortune-tellers. --- Wise men. Septuagint, "philosophers." (Calmet) --- Hebrew Ashaphim, may come from the Greek sophoi. (Grotius) --- They had been educated three years, ver. 5. (Haydock) |