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Daniel 5:4-6
Lexham English Bible
Daniel 5:4-6
Lexham English Bible
4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.[a]
5 Immediately[b] human fingers[c] appeared and they wrote opposite[d] the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king, and the king was watching[e] the palm of the hand that was writing. 6 Then his face changed and his thoughts terrified him, and his hip joints gave way[f] and his knees knocked together.[g]
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- Daniel 5:4 All these metals have the definite article that does not have to be translated into English to retain the meaning
- 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 5:4-6
New International Version
Daniel 5:4-6
New International Version
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. 6 His face turned pale(C) and he was so frightened(D) that his legs became weak(E) and his knees were knocking.(F)
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