They (A)drank the wine and praised the gods of (B)gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Suddenly 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 [a]back of the hand that did the writing. Then the king’s [b](C)face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his (D)hip joints went slack and his (E)knees began knocking together.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:5 Or palm
  2. Daniel 5:6 Lit brightness changed for him