New American Standard Bible 2020

Daniel 5:5-9

5Suddenly the fingers of a human hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing. 6Then the king’s 1 2face became pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his 3hip joints 4loosened and his 5knees began knocking together. 7The king called aloud to bring in the 6sorcerers, the 7Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king began speaking and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Anyone who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be 8clothed with purple and have a 9necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as 10third ruler in the kingdom.” 8Then all the king’s wise men came in, but 11they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king. 9Then King Belshazzar was greatly 12alarmed, his 13 14face grew even more pale, and his nobles were perplexed.

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1. Daniel 5:6 Lit brightness changed for him ↩
2. Daniel 5:6 Dan 5:9, 10; 7:28 ↩
3. Daniel 5:6 Ps 69:23 ↩
4. Daniel 5:6 Or shook ↩
5. Daniel 5:6 Ezek 7:17; 21:7; Nah 2:10 ↩
6. Daniel 5:7 Is 44:25; 47:13; Dan 4:6, 7; 5:11, 15 ↩
7. Daniel 5:7 I.e., probably master astrologers, diviners, etc., and so throughout the ch ↩
8. Daniel 5:7 Gen 41:42-44; Dan 5:16, 29 ↩
9. Daniel 5:7 Ezek 16:11 ↩
10. Daniel 5:7 Dan 2:48; 5:16, 29; 6:2, 3 ↩
11. Daniel 5:8 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:27; 4:7; 5:15 ↩
12. Daniel 5:9 Job 18:11; Is 21:2-4; Jer 6:24; Dan 2:1; 5:6 ↩
13. Daniel 5:9 Lit brightness was changing upon him ↩
14. Daniel 5:9 Is 13:6-8 ↩

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