Daniel 5:24
22 But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
25 Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
26 And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
- KJV
- Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
- WEB
- Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
- ASV
- Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
- DARBY
- then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.
- BLB
- Then from before Him were sent the fingers of the hand, and this inscription was written.
- ÅB
- Derfor ble nå denne hånd sendt fra ham, og denne skrift skrevet.
- OTB
- Derfor sendte Han hånden som skrev denne skriften.
- B1930
- Derfor blev nu denne hånd sendt fra ham, og denne skrift skrevet.
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Daniel 5:5
At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
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