Daniel 5:5-7
Lexham English Bible
5 Immediately[a] human fingers[b] appeared and they wrote opposite[c] the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king, and the king was watching[d] the palm of the hand that was writing. 6 Then his face changed and his thoughts terrified him, and his hip joints gave way[e] and his knees knocked together.[f] 7 The king cried aloud[g] to bring in the conjurers,[h] the astrologers[i] and the diviners; the king spoke[j] and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man that can read this writing and can tell me its explanation will be clothed in purple and will have a necklace of gold hung around his neck and he will rule as third in authority in the kingdom.”
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- Daniel 5:5 Literally “In its the hour”
- Daniel 5:5 Literally “fingers of the hand of a man”
- Daniel 5:5 Literally “to over against”
- Daniel 5:5 Or “gazing at”
- Daniel 5:6 Literally “the limbs of his hip became loose”
- Daniel 5:6 Literally “his knees this to this they knocked together”
- Daniel 5:7 Literally “with strength”
- Daniel 5:7 Or “enchanters”
- Daniel 5:7 Literally “Chaldeans”
- Daniel 5:7 Literally “answered”
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