Cross references

Daniel 5:16

But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 5:16 BSB

Daniel 5:16 has 4 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Daniel 5:7 (5 votes) and Genesis 40:8 (4 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 40 to Acts 8.

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Which verses does Daniel 5:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Daniel 5:75 votes

    The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

  2. “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

  3. Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

  4. Acts 8:182 votes

    When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

Which verses point to Daniel 5:16?

The 10 strongest of 18.