Verse 7
Daniel 5:7
Literal Standard Version
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The king calls mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king has answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, “Any man who reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, he puts on purple, and a bracelet of gold is on his neck, and he rules third 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
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Belshazzar the king has made a great feast to one thousand of his great men, and before the one thou...
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Belshazzar has said—while tasting the wine—to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that his fa...
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Then they have brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of...
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they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood,...
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In that hour fingers of a man’s hand have come forth, and they are writing in front of the lampstand...
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then the king’s countenance has changed, and his thoughts trouble him, and the joints of his loins a...
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7
The king calls mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king ha...
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Then all the wise men of the king are coming up, and they are not able to read the writing, and to m...
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then King Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men...
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The queen, on account of the words of the king and his great men, has come up to the banquet-house....
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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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because that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and show...
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Then Daniel has been caused to come up before the king; the king has answered and said to Daniel, “Y...
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And I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and light, and understanding, and ex...
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And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that they may read this...
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and I have heard of you, that you are able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, behold—...
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Then Daniel has answered and said before the king, “Your gifts be to yourself, and give your fee to...
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you, O king, God (Elohim) Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honor, gave to your fa...
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and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling...
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and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he has been caused to come do...
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and he is driven from the sons of men, and his heart has been like with the beasts, and with the wil...
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And you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though all this you have known;
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and against the Lord of the heavens you have lifted up yourself; and the vessels of His house they h...
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Then from before Him is the extremity of the hand sent, and the writing is noted down;
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and this is the writing that is noted down: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.
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This is the interpretation of the thing: Numbered—God (Elohim) has numbered your kingdom, and has fi...
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Weighed—You are weighed in the balances, and have been found lacking.
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Divided—Your kingdom is divided, and it has been given to the Medes and Persians.”
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Then Belshazzar has spoken, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold is on h...
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In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,
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and Darius the Mede has received the kingdom when a son of sixty-two years.
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