Daniel 5:9

Daniel 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
• New International Version (NIV)So King Belshazzar became even more terrified and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, and his color changed, and his lords were perplexed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, his countenance was changed, and his lords were astonished.

Context of Daniel 5:9

7The king screamed for the psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers to be brought to him. He told these wise advisers of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me its meaning will be dressed in purple, wear a gold chain on his neck, and become the third-highest ruler in the kingdom.” 8All the king’s wise advisers came, but they couldn’t read the writing or tell the king its meaning. King Belshazzar was terrified, and his face turned pale. His nobles didn’t know what to do. 10The discussion between the king and his nobles brought the queen herself into the banquet hall. The queen said, “Your Majesty, may you live forever! Don’t let your thoughts frighten you, and don’t turn pale. 11There’s a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your grandfather, he was found to have insight, good judgment, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your grandfather, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him head of the magicians, psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers.

Daniel 5:9 word by word

אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְזִיוֹ֖הִי שָׁנַ֣יִן עֲל֑וֹהִי וְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenאֱדַ֫יִן'ĕdayin · thenH116
• was kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• Belshazzarבֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּרbêlsha'tstsar · BelshazzarH1113
• greatlyשַׂגִּיאώaggîy' · greatH7690
• troubledבְּהַלbehal · to dismayH927
• and his countenanceזִיוzîyv · splendorH2122
• was changedשְׁנָאshenâ' · to changeH8133
• in himעַל‛al · uponH5922
• and his lordsרַבְרְבָןrabrebân · nobleH7261
• were astoniedשְׁבַשׁshebash · be perplexedH7672

Cross-references for Daniel 5:9

• Daniel 5:6Then the king turned pale, and his thoughts frightened him. His hip joints became loose, and his knees knocked against each other.
• Daniel 2:1During the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, he had some dreams. He was troubled, but he stayed asleep.
• Job 18:11“Terrors suddenly pounce on him from every side and chase him every step he takes.
• Psalms 18:14He shot his arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion.
• Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and all the slaves and free people hid themselves in caves and among the rocks in the mountains.
• Daniel 10:8So I was left alone to see this grand vision. I had no strength left in me. My face turned deathly pale, and I was helpless.
• Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them like the trembling that a woman experiences during labor.
• Isaiah 13:6Cry loudly, for the day of the Lord is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
• Isaiah 21:2I was shown a harsh vision. The traitor betrays. The destroyer destroys. Go to war, Elam! Surround them, Media! I will put an end to all the groaning.
• Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the news about them. Our hands hang limp. We are gripped by anguish and pain like a woman giving birth to a child.
• Jeremiah 30:6Ask now, and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?
• Matthew 2:3When King Herod and all Jerusalem heard about this, they became disturbed.

Commentaries on Daniel 5:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30All earthly kingdoms eventually end. Nebuchadnezzar's dream suggested that Babylon would fall and a new kingdom would rise (Daniel 2:39). After Nebuchadnezzar died in 562 BC, violence and corruption grew in Babylon's palaces. During Belshazzar's feast in 539 BC, they even defiled God's holy vessels. God's judgment came quickly that night (Daniel 5:30), and the next kingdom took over (see 2:32, 39; 5:31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311. Belshazzar--Rawlinson, from the Assyrian inscriptions, has explained the seeming discrepancy between Daniel and the heathen historians of Babylon, Berosus and Abydenus, who say the last king (Nabonidus) surrendered in Borsippa, after Babylon was taken, and had an honorable abode in Caramania assigned to him. Belshazzar was joint king with his father (called Minus in the inscriptions), but subordinate to him; hence the Babylonian account suppresses the…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 5:9

• Belshazzar
• Wicked (People)
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Gift
• Light
• Loose
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Baruch, Book of
• Bible, the
• Countenance
• Daniel, Book of
• Languages of the Old Testament
• Babel

Commentaries on Daniel 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings