Verse 17
Daniel 5:17
Literal Standard Version
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Then Daniel has answered and said before the king, “Your gifts be to yourself, and give your fee to another; nevertheless, the writing I read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;
Original Language Text
hebrew
בֵּ/אדַ֜יִן עָנֵ֣ה דָנִיֵּ֗אל וְ/אָמַר֙ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֔/א מַתְּנָתָ/ךְ֙ לָ֣/ךְ לֶֽהֶוְיָ֔ן וּ/נְבָ֥זְבְּיָתָ֖/ךְ לְ/אָחֳרָ֣ן הַ֑ב בְּרַ֗ם כְּתָבָ/א֙ אֶקְרֵ֣א לְ/מַלְכָּ֔/א וּ/פִשְׁרָ֖/א אֲהוֹדְעִנֵּֽ/הּ
English Translation
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, "Your gift is for you, but I will read the writing to the king and make known its interpretation."
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Chapter 5 Context
1
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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5
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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8
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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9
then King Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men...
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10
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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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 that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and show...
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13
Then Daniel has been caused to come up before the king; the king has answered and said to Daniel, “Y...
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14
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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15
And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that they may read this...
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16
and I have heard of you, that you are able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, behold—...
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17
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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29
Then Belshazzar has spoken, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold is on h...
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30
In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,
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31
and Darius the Mede has received the kingdom when a son of sixty-two years.
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