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Daniel 5:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Daniel 5:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 So they brought in the gold[a] vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines drank from them. 4 They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.(A)
The Handwriting on the Wall
5 At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand[b] that was writing,
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- Daniel 5:3 Theod, Vg add and silver
- Daniel 5:5 Lit part of the hand
Daniel 5:3-5
New International Version
Daniel 5:3-5
New International Version
3 So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. 4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods(A) of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.(B)
5 Suddenly 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.
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