New American Standard Bible 1995

Daniel 5:4-9

4They 1drank the wine and praised the gods of 2gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

5Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the 3back of the hand that did the writing. 6Then the king’s 4 5face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his 6hip joints went slack and his 7knees began knocking together. 7The king called aloud to bring in the 8conjurers, the 9Chaldeans and the diviners. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be 10clothed with purple and have a 11necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as 12 13third ruler in the kingdom.” 8Then all the king’s wise men came in, but 14they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king. 9Then King Belshazzar was greatly 15alarmed, his 16 17face grew even paler, and his nobles were perplexed.

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Notes

1. Daniel 5:4 Is 42:8; Dan 5:23; Rev 9:20 ↩
2. Daniel 5:4 Ps 115:4; 135:15; Is 40:19, 20; Dan 3:1; Hab 2:19 ↩
3. Daniel 5:5 Or palm ↩
4. Daniel 5:6 Lit brightness changed for him ↩
5. Daniel 5:6 Dan 5:9, 10; 7:28 ↩
6. Daniel 5:6 Ps 69:23 ↩
7. Daniel 5:6 Ezek 7:17; 21:7; Nah 2:10 ↩
8. Daniel 5:7 Is 44:25; 47:13; Dan 4:6, 7; 5:11, 15 ↩
9. Daniel 5:7 Or master astrologers ↩
10. Daniel 5:7 Gen 41:42-44; Dan 5:16, 29 ↩
11. Daniel 5:7 Ezek 16:11 ↩
12. Daniel 5:7 Or a triumvir ↩
13. Daniel 5:7 Dan 2:48; 5:16, 29; 6:2, 3 ↩
14. Daniel 5:8 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:27; 4:7; 5:15 ↩
15. Daniel 5:9 Job 18:11; Is 21:2-4; Jer 6:24; Dan 2:1; 5:6 ↩
16. Daniel 5:9 Lit brightness was changing upon him ↩
17. Daniel 5:9 Is 13:6-8 ↩

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