Verse 7
Daniel 5:7
World English Bible, British Edition
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The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans,
and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said 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 about his neck, and
shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
קָרֵ֤א מַלְכָּ/א֙ בְּ/חַ֔יִל לְ/הֶֽעָלָה֙ לְ/אָ֣שְׁפַיָּ֔/א כשדי/א כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖/י וְ/גָזְרַיָּ֑/א עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜/א וְ/אָמַ֣ר לְ/חַכִּימֵ֣י בָבֶ֗ל דִּ֣י כָל אֱ֠נָשׁ דִּֽי יִקְרֵ֞ה כְּתָבָ֣/ה דְנָ֗ה וּ/פִשְׁרֵ/הּ֙ יְחַוִּנַּ֔/נִי אַרְגְּוָנָ֣/א יִלְבַּ֗שׁ ו/המונכ/א וְ/הַֽמְנִיכָ֤/א דִֽי דַהֲבָ/א֙ עַֽל צַוְּארֵ֔/הּ וְ/תַלְתִּ֥י בְ/מַלְכוּתָ֖/א יִשְׁלַֽט
English Translation
The king called for the wise men of Babylon to interpret the writing, and he said to the wise men of Babylon that any man who can read this writing and explain it to me will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and will be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank
wine before the thousan...
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2
Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded that the golden and silver
vessels which Nebuchadnez...
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3
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple
of God (Elohim)’s house which...
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4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze,
of iron, of wood, and of st...
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5
In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote
near the lamp stand on the plaster...
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6
Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him;
and the joints of his thighs...
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7
The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans,
and the soothsayers. The king spoke...
8
Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the
writing, and couldn’t make known t...
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9
Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changed in
him, and his lords were perpl...
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10
The queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came
into the banquet house. The queen sp...
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11
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods;
and in the days of your fathe...
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12
because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting
of dreams, showing of dark sente...
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13
Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and
said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel...
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14
I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you and that
light, understanding, and excell...
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15
Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that
they should read this writing...
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16
But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and dissolve
doubts. Now if you can read...
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17
Then Daniel answered before the king, “Let your gifts be to yourself,
and give your rewards to anoth...
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18
“To you, king, the Most High God (Elohim) gave Nebuchadnezzar your father
the kingdom, and greatness...
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19
Because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations,
and languages trembled and fear...
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20
But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that
he dealt proudly, he was depos...
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21
He was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the
animals’, and his dwelling was w...
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22
“You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though
you knew all this,
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23
but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have
brought the vessels of his hou...
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24
Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing
was inscribed.
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25
“This is the writing that was inscribed: ‘MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN.’
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26
“This is the interpretation of the thing:
MENE: God (Elohim) has counted your kingdom, and brought i...
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27
TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found
wanting.
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28
PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes
and Persians.”
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29
Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple,
and put a chain of gold about his ne...
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30
In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
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31
Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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