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that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which <i>was</i> at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then they brought in the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the king’s color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. <i>And</i> the king spake, and said to the wise <i>men</i> of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and <i>have</i> a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then came in all the king's wise <i>men</i>: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, and his color changed, and his lords were perplexed.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1"><i>Now</i> the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: <i>and</i> the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, “O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom <i>is</i> 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>I say</i>, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, <i>and</i> soothsayers;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then was Daniel brought in before the king. <i>And</i> the king spake and said unto Daniel, <i>Art</i> thou that Daniel, which <i>art</i> of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods <i>is</i> in thee, and <i>that</i> light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And now the wise <i>men</i>, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they could not show the interpretation of the matter.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and <i>have</i> a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling <i>was</i> with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and <i>that</i> he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath <i>is</i>, and whose <i>are</i> all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And this <i>is</i> the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">This <i>is</i> the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and <i>put</i> a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Darius the Median took the kingdom, <i>being</i> about threescore and two years old.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">King James Bible, text courtesy of <a href="http://bibleprotector.com/">BibleProtector.com</a>.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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