Daniel

Chapter 5

1  Belshazzar's impious feast.  5  A handwriting, unknown to the magicians, troubleth the king.  10  At the commendation of the queen, Daniel is brought.  17  He, reproving the king of pride and idolatry,  25  readeth and interpreteth the writing.  30  The monarchy is translated to the Medes.

5:1 ¶ Belshazzar {1113} the king {4430} made {5648} <8754> a great {7229} feast {3900} to a thousand {506} of his lords, {7261} and drank {8355} <8750> wine {2562} before {6903} the thousand. {506}

5:2 Belshazzar, {1113} whiles he tasted {2942} the wine, {2562} commanded {560} <8754> to bring {858} <8682> the golden {1722} and silver {3702} vessels {3984} which (1768) his father {2} Nebuchadnezzar {5020} had taken [5312] <8684> out (5312) of {4481} the temple {1965} which (1768) [was] in Jerusalem; {3390} that the king, {4430} and his princes, {7261} his wives, {7695} and his concubines, {3904} might drink {8355} <8748> therein.

5:3 Then {116} they brought {858} <8684> the golden {1722} vessels {3984} that (1768) were taken [5312] <8684> out (5312) of {4481} the temple {1965} of (1768) the house {1005} of God {426} which (1768) [was] at Jerusalem; {3390} and the king, {4430} and his princes, {7261} his wives, {7695} and his concubines, {3904} drank {8355} <8754> in them.

5:4 They drank {8355} <8754> wine, {2562} and praised {7624} <8745> the gods {426} of gold, {1722} and of silver, {3702} of brass, {5174} of iron, {6523} of wood, {636} and of stone. {69}

5:5 ¶ In the same hour {8160} came forth {5312} <8754> fingers {677} of (1768) a man's {606} hand, {3028} and wrote {3790} <8751> over against {6903} the candlestick {5043} upon {5922} the plaister {1528} of (1768) the wall {3797} of (1768) the king's {4430} palace: {1965} and the king {4430} saw {2370} <8751> the part {6447} of the hand {3028} that (1768) wrote. {3790} <8751>

5:6 Then {116} the king's {4430} countenance {2122} was changed, {8133} <8754> and his thoughts {7476} troubled {927} <8792> him, so that the joints {7001} of his loins {2783} were loosed, {8271} <8723> and his knees {755} smote {5368} <8750> one {1668} against another. {1668}

5:7 The king {4430} cried {7123} <8748> aloud {2429} to bring [5954] <8682> in (5924) the astrologers, {826} the Chaldeans, {3779} and the soothsayers. {1505} <8750> [And] the king {4430} spake, {6032} <8750> and said {560} <8750> to the wise {2445} [men] of Babylon, {895} Whosoever {606} {3606} (1768) shall read {7123} <8751> this {1836} writing, {3792} and shew {2324} <8741> me the interpretation {6591} thereof, shall be clothed {3848} <8748> with scarlet, {711} and [have] a chain {2002} of (1768) gold {1722} about {5922} his neck, {6676} and shall be the third [8523] ruler {7981} <8748> (8523) in the kingdom. {4437}

5:8 Then {116} came [5954] <8750> in (5954) all {3606} the king's {4430} wise {2445} [men]: but they could {3546} <8751> not {3809} read {7123} <8749> the writing, {3792} nor make known {3046} <8682> to the king {4430} the interpretation {6591} thereof.

5:9 Then {116} was king {4430} Belshazzar {1113} greatly {7690} troubled, {927} <8727> and his countenance {2122} was changed {8133} <8750> in (5922) him, [5922] and his lords {7261} were astonied. {7672} <8723>

5:10 ¶ [Now] the queen, {4433} by reason [6903] of (6903) the words {4406} of the king {4430} and his lords, {7261} came {5954} <8754> into the banquet {4961} house: {1005} [and] the queen {4433} spake {6032} <8754> and said, {560} <8754> O king, {4430} live {2418} <8747> for ever: {5957} let not {409} thy thoughts {7476} trouble {927} <8792> thee, nor (409) let thy countenance {2122} be changed: {8133} <8721>

5:11 There is {383} a man {1400} in thy kingdom, {4437} in whom (1768) [is] the spirit {7308} of the holy {6922} gods; {426} and in the days {3118} of thy father {2} light {5094} and understanding {7924} and wisdom, {2452} like the wisdom {2452} of the gods, {426} was found {7912} <8728> in him; whom the king {4430} Nebuchadnezzar {5020} thy father, {2} the king, {4430} [I say], thy father, {2} made {6966} <8684> master {7229} of the magicians, {2749} astrologers, {826} Chaldeans, {3779} [and] soothsayers; {1505} <8750>

5:12 Forasmuch as {6903} {3606} (1768) an excellent {3493} spirit, {7308} and knowledge, {4486} and understanding, {7924} interpreting [6590] <8743> (6591) of dreams, {2493} and shewing {263} of hard sentences, {280} and dissolving {8271} <8743> of doubts, {7001} were found {7912} <8728> in the same Daniel, {1841} whom (1768) the king {4430} named {7761} {8036} <8754> Belteshazzar: {1096} now {3705} let Daniel {1841} be called, {7123} <8729> and he will shew {2324} <8681> the interpretation. {6591}

5:13 Then {116} was Daniel {1841} brought in {5954} <8717> before {6925} the king. {4430} [And] the king {4430} spake {6032} <8750> and said {560} <8750> unto Daniel, {1841} [Art] thou {607} that (1932) Daniel, {1841} which (1768) [art] of {4481} the children {1123} of the captivity {1547} of (1768) Judah, {3061} whom (1768) the king {4430} my father {2} brought [858] <8684> out (858) of {4481} Jewry? {3061}

5:14 I have even heard {8086} <8754> of (5922) thee, that (1768) the spirit {7308} of the gods {426} [is] in thee, [5922] and [that] light {5094} and understanding {7924} and excellent {3493} wisdom {2452} is found {7912} <8728> in thee.

5:15 And now {3705} the wise {2445} [men], the astrologers, {826} have been brought [5954] <8717> in (5954) before {6925} me, that (1768) they should read {7123} <8748> this {1836} writing, {3792} and make known {3046} <8682> unto me the interpretation {6591} thereof: but they could {3546} <8751> not {3809} shew {2324} <8682> the interpretation {6591} of the thing: {4406}

5:16 And I {576} have heard {8086} <8754> of (5922) thee, [5922] that (1768) thou canst {3202} <8748> make {6590} <8749> interpretations, {6591} and dissolve {8271} <8749> doubts: {7001} now {3705} if {2006} thou canst {3202} <8748> read {7123} <8749> the writing, {3792} and make known {3046} <8682> to me the interpretation {6591} thereof, thou shalt be clothed {3848} <8748> with scarlet, {711} and [have] a chain {2002} of (1768) gold {1722} about {5922} thy neck, {6676} and shalt be the third [8531] ruler {7981} <8748> (8531) in the kingdom. {4437}

5:17 ¶ Then {116} Daniel {1841} answered {6032} <8750> and said {560} <8750> before {6925} the king, {4430} Let thy gifts {4978} be {1934} <8748> to thyself, and give {3052} <8747> thy rewards {5023} to another; {321} yet {1297} I will read {7123} <8748> the writing {3792} unto the king, {4430} and make known {3046} <8681> to him the interpretation. {6591}

5:18 O thou {607} king, {4430} the most high {5943} God {426} gave {3052} <8754> Nebuchadnezzar {5020} thy father {2} a kingdom, {4437} and majesty, {7238} and glory, {3367} and honour: {1923}

5:19 And for {4481} the majesty {7238} that (1768) he gave {3052} <8754> him, all {3606} people, {5972} nations, {524} and languages, {3961} trembled {1934} {2112} <8754> and feared {1763} <8751> before {4481} (6925) him: [6925] whom (1768) he would {1934} {6634} <8754> <8750> he slew; {1934} {6992} <8754> <8751> and whom (1768) he would {1934} {6634} <8754> <8750> he kept alive; {1934} {2418} <8754> <8683> and whom (1768) he would {1934} {6634} <8754> <8750> he set up; {1934} {7313} <8754> <8683> and whom (1768) he would {1934} {6634} <8754> <8750> he put down. {1934} {8214} <8754> <8683>

5:20 But when (1768) his heart {3825} was lifted up, {7313} <8752> and his mind {7308} hardened {8631} <8748> in pride, {2103} <8682> he was deposed {5182} <8717> from {4481} his kingly {4437} throne, {3764} and they took {5709} <8684> his glory {3367} from (4481) him: [4481]

5:21 And he was driven {2957} <8752> from {4481} the sons {1123} of men; {606} and his heart {3825} was made {7739} <8745> like {5974} the beasts, {2423} and his dwelling {4070} [was] with (5974) the wild asses: {6167} they fed {2939} <8748> him with grass {6211} like oxen, {8450} and his body {1655} was wet {6647} <8721> with the dew {2920} (4481) of heaven; {8065} till {5705} (1768) he knew {3046} <8754> that (1768) the most high {5943} God {426} ruled {7990} in the kingdom {4437} of men, {606} and [that] he appointeth {6966} <8681> over {5922} it whomsoever {4479} (1768) he will. {6634} <8748>

5:22 And thou {607} his son, {1247} O Belshazzar, {1113} hast not {3809} humbled {8214} <8684> thine heart, {3825} though {6903} (3606) (1768) thou knewest {3046} <8754> all {3606} this; {1836}

5:23 But hast lifted up [7313] <8712> thyself (7313) against {5922} the Lord {4756} of heaven; {8065} and they have brought {858} <8684> the vessels {3984} of (1768) his house {1005} before {6925} thee, and thou, {607} and thy lords, {7261} thy wives, {7695} and thy concubines, {3904} have drunk {8355} <8750> wine {2562} in them; and thou hast praised {7624} <8745> the gods {426} of silver, {3702} and gold, {1722} of brass, {5174} iron, {6523} wood, {636} and stone, {69} which (1768) see {2370} <8751> not, {3809} nor {3809} hear, {8086} <8750> nor {3809} know: {3046} <8751> and the God {426} in whose (1768) hand {3028} thy breath {5396} [is], and whose [are] all {3606} thy ways, {735} hast thou not {3809} glorified: {1922} <8745>

5:24 Then {116} was the part {6447} of (1768) the hand {3028} sent {7972} <8750> from {4481} (6925) him; [6925] and this {1836} writing {3792} was written. {7560} <8752>

5:25 ¶ And this {1836} [is] the writing {3792} that (1768) was written, {7560} <8752> MENE, {4484} <8752> MENE, {4484} <8752> TEKEL, {8625} <8752> UPHARSIN. {6537} <8751>

5:26 This {1836} [is] the interpretation {6591} of the thing: {4406} MENE; {4484} <8752> God {426} hath numbered {4483} <8754> thy kingdom, {4437} and finished {8000} <8684> it.

5:27 TEKEL; {8625} <8752> Thou art weighed {8625} <8760> in the balances, {3977} and art found {7912} <8728> wanting. {2627}

5:28 PERES; {6537} <8752> Thy kingdom {4437} is divided, {6537} <8752> and given {3052} <8753> to the Medes {4076} and Persians. {6540}

5:29 Then {116} commanded {560} <8754> Belshazzar, {1113} and they clothed {3848} <8684> Daniel {1841} with scarlet, {711} and [put] a chain {2002} of (1768) gold {1722} about {5922} his neck, {6676} and made a proclamation {3745} <8684> concerning {5922} him, that (1768) he should be {1934} <8748> the third {8531} ruler {7990} in the kingdom. {4437}

5:30 ¶ In that night {3916} was Belshazzar {1113} the king {4430} of the Chaldeans {3779} slain. {6992} <8752>

5:31 And Darius {1868} the Median {4077} took {6902} <8745> the kingdom, {4437} [being] about threescore {8361} and two {8648} years {8140} old. {1247}