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Daniel 2:20–21

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Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
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From verse 20

  1. Psalms 113:2Rank 1 from verse 20
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    2Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.

  2. Psalms 145:1–2Rank 2 from verse 20
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    1I WILL extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

    2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

  3. Job 12:13Rank 3 from verse 20
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    13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

  4. Revelation 5:12Rank 4 from verse 20
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    12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

  5. Jeremiah 32:19Rank 5 from verse 20
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    19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

  6. Psalms 147:5Rank 6 from verse 20
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    5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

  7. Daniel 2:21–23Rank 7 from verse 20
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    21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

    22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

    23I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.

  8. Job 12:16–22Rank 8 from verse 20
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    16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

    17He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

    18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

    19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

    20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

    21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

    22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

  9. Jude 1:24Rank 9 from verse 20
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    24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

  10. 1 Chronicles 29:10–12Rank 10 from verse 20
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    10¶ Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

    11Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

    12Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

  11. 1 Kings 8:56Rank 11 from verse 20
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    56Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

  12. Proverbs 8:14Rank 12 from verse 20
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    14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

  13. Psalms 103:1–2Rank 13 from verse 20
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    1BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

    2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

  14. Psalms 115:18Rank 14 from verse 20
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    18But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord.

  15. Psalms 72:18–19Rank 15 from verse 20
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    18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

    19And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  16. 1 Chronicles 29:20Rank 16 from verse 20
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    20¶ And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king.

  17. Genesis 14:20Rank 17 from verse 20
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    20And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

  18. Matthew 6:13Rank 18 from verse 20
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    13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

  19. Psalms 41:13Rank 19 from verse 20
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    13Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

  20. Psalms 50:23Rank 20 from verse 20
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    23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

  21. Psalms 62:11Rank 21 from verse 20
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    11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

  22. 2 Chronicles 20:21Rank 22 from verse 20
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    21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.

From verse 21

  1. Psalms 75:5–7Rank 1 from verse 21
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    5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

    6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

    7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

  2. Psalms 31:14–15Rank 2 from verse 21
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    14But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

    15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

  3. Psalms 113:7–8Rank 3 from verse 21
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    7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

    8That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

  4. Daniel 4:17Rank 4 from verse 21
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    17This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

  5. Daniel 7:25Rank 5 from verse 21
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    25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

  6. James 3:15–17Rank 6 from verse 21
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    15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

    16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

  7. Daniel 4:32Rank 7 from verse 21
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    32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  8. Job 34:24–29Rank 8 from verse 21
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    24He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

    25Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

    26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

    27Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

    28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

    29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

  9. Proverbs 8:15–16Rank 9 from verse 21
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    15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

    16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

  10. 2 Chronicles 1:10–12Rank 10 from verse 21
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    10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

    11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

    12Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

  11. Acts 13:21–22Rank 11 from verse 21
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    21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

    22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

  12. Luke 1:51–52Rank 12 from verse 21
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    51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

    52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

  13. Job 12:18Rank 13 from verse 21
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    18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

  14. 1 Kings 4:29Rank 14 from verse 21
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    29¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

  15. Jeremiah 27:5–7Rank 15 from verse 21
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    5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

    6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

    7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

  16. Luke 21:15Rank 16 from verse 21
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    15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

  17. 1 Samuel 2:7–8Rank 17 from verse 21
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    7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

    8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

  18. James 1:17Rank 18 from verse 21
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    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  19. James 1:5Rank 19 from verse 21
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    5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  20. Proverbs 2:6–7Rank 20 from verse 21
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    6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

    7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

  21. 1 Kings 3:28Rank 21 from verse 21
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    28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

  22. 1 Kings 3:8–12Rank 22 from verse 21
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    8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

    9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

    10And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

    11And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

    12Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

  23. Exodus 31:3Rank 23 from verse 21
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    3And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

  24. 1 Chronicles 22:12Rank 24 from verse 21
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    12Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.

  25. 1 Corinthians 1:30Rank 25 from verse 21
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    30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

  26. Daniel 2:9Rank 26 from verse 21
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    9But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

  27. 1 Chronicles 29:30Rank 27 from verse 21
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    30With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

  28. 1 Kings 10:24Rank 28 from verse 21
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    24¶ And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  29. Ecclesiastes 3:1–8Rank 29 from verse 21
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    1TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

    2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

    3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

    4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

    5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

    6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

    7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

    8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

  30. Daniel 11:6Rank 30 from verse 21
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    6And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

  31. Exodus 31:6Rank 31 from verse 21
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    6And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

  32. Revelation 19:16Rank 32 from verse 21
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    16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

  33. Esther 1:13Rank 33 from verse 21
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    13¶ Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

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Daniel 2:20

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

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blessed

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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

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name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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Daniel 2:21

COMBINED MEANING

setteth

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Third-person singular present form of set. Sense 1: To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe. Sense 2: Fixed or determined.

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COMBINED MEANING

wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

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COMBINED MEANING

wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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understanding

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1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.

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2:19¶ Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

2:20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:

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2:21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

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2:22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

2:23I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.

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