Daniel Interprets the Handwriting
Daniel 5:30
In 11 translations
- BSB
- That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,That is, the Babylonians
- KJV
- ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
- WEB
- In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
- ASV
- In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
- LSV
- In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,
- YLT
- In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,
- DBY
- In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
- DRC
- The same night Baltasar the Chaldean king was slain.
- GNV
- The same night was Belshazzar the King of the Caldeans slaine.
- JPS
- In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
- LXXE
- In the same night was Baltasar the Chaldean king slain.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads כַשְׂדָּיאָֽ׃ פ; read aloud (Qere) reads כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פ (“Chaldeans the”).
- Written (Ketiv): כַשְׂדָּיָא׃ פ. Read aloud (Qere): כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פ (“Chaldeans the”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- בֵּ֚הּ בְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔א קְטִ֕יל בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּ֥א כשדיא׃Read aloud as (qere): כַשְׂדָּאָֽה
- LXX-Br
- Ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ νυκτὶ ἀνῃρέθη Βαλτάσαρ ὁ βασιλεὺς ὁ Χαλδαῖος,
Who and where
👤 Belshazzar◆ Prophecies of Daniel
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
BelshazzarGlorifying GodAramaic; Aramaic LanguageDariusCyrusDaniel, Book ofDeath of the Wicked, TheLanguages of the Old TestamentNightJudgments
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 51:31One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
- Jeremiah 51:39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 21:4–9My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror. They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields! For this is what the Lord…
- Isaiah 47:9These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
- Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.
- Daniel 5:1–2Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar…
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