Daniel 5:24

Daniel 5:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So God has sent this hand to write this message.

Context of Daniel 5:24

22“But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this. 23Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription. 25“This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin 26“Here is what these words mean: Mene : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

Daniel 5:24 word by word

בֵּאדַ֙יִן֙ מִן־קֳדָמ֔וֹהִי שְׁלִ֖יַחַ פַּסָּ֣א דִֽי־יְדָ֑א וּכְתָבָ֥א דְנָ֖ה רְשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenאֱדַ֫יִן'ĕdayin · thenH116
• was the partפַּסpas · palmH6447
• of the handיַדyad · handH3028
• sentשְׁלַחshelach · to sendH7972
• fromמִן־min · fromH4481
• himקֳדָםqŏdâm qedâm · beforeH6925
• and thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• writingכְּתָבkethâb · inscriptionH3792
• was writtenרְשַׁםresham · to signH7560

Cross-references for Daniel 5:24

• Daniel 5:5Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

Commentaries on Daniel 5:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Then was the part of the hand sent - This was the filling up of the cup of thy iniquity; this last act made thee ripe for destruction.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-31Verses 18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but they will be judged by One to whom all things are open. Daniel reads the sentence written on the wall. All this may well be applied to the doom of every sinner. At death, the sinner's days are numbered and finished; after death is the judgment, when he…Read the comment
• 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. 2424. Then--When thou liftedst up thyself against the Lord. the part of the hand--the fore part, the fingers. was ... sent from him--that is, from God.Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 5:24

• Belshazzar
• Government
• Heathen
• Reproof
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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