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Daniel Interprets the Handwriting

Daniel 5:24

In 11 translations

BSB
Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
KJV
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
WEB
Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed. Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
ASV
Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
LSV
Then from before Him is the extremity of the hand sent, and the writing is noted down;
YLT
'Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;
DBY
then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.
DRC
Wherefore he hath sent the part of the hand which hath written this that is set down.
GNV
Then was the palme of the hand sent from him, and hath written this writing.
JPS
then was the palm of the hand sent from before Him, and this writing was inscribed.
LXXE
Therefore from his presence has been sent forth the knuckle of a hand; and he has ordered this writing.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בֵּאדַ֨יִן֙ מִן־קֳדָמ֔וֹהִי שְׁלִ֖יַחַ פַּסָּ֣א דִֽי־יְדָ֑א וּכְתָבָ֥א דְנָ֖ה רְשִֽׁים׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
LXX-Br
Διατοῦτο ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἀπεστάλη ἀστράγαλος χειρὸς, καὶ τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην ἐνέταξε.

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  • Daniel 5:5At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

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