Daniel 5:9
7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
8 Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.
- KJV
- Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
- WEB
- Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
- ASV
- Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
- DARBY
- Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded.
- BLB
- Then King Belshazzar was greatly dismayed, and his countenance was changed about him, so that his nobles were perplexed.
- ÅB
- Da ble kong Belsasar storlig forferdet og skiftet farge, og hans stormenn ble aldeles forvirret.
- OTB
- Dette gjorde kong Belsasar enda mer forferdet, og hans ansikt ble enda blekere. Hans stormenn var forvirret.
- B1930
- Da blev kong Belsasar storlig forferdet og skiftet farve, og hans stormenn blev aldeles forvirret.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 5:6
Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Read in contextDaniel 2:1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:24
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Read in contextIsaiah 21:2–4
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:6–8
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Read in contextDaniel 10:8
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
Read in contextPsalms 48:6
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Read in contextMatthew 2:3
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
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