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The Handwriting on the Wall

Daniel 5:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.
KJV
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.countenance: Chaldee, brightnesses
WEB
Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed. Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled. His face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
ASV
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
LSV
then King Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men are perplexed.
YLT
then the king Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men are perplexed.
DBY
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded.
DRC
Wherewith king Baltasar was much troubled, and his countenance was changed: and his nobles also were troubled.
GNV
Then was King Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his princes were astonied.
JPS
Then was king Belshazzar greatly affrighted, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
LXXE
And king Baltasar was troubled, and his countenance changed upon him, and his nobles were troubled with him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְזִיוֺ֖הִי שָׁנַ֣יִן עֲל֑וֹהִי וְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Βαλτάσαρ ἐταράχθη, καὶ ἡ μορφὴ αὐτοῦ ἠλλοιώθη ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες αὐτοῦ συνεταράσσοντο.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
  • Daniel 2:1In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
  • Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  • Isaiah 13:6–8Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe…
  • Isaiah 21:2–4A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.” Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain…
  • Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
  • Job 18:11–14Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step. His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side. It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs. He is torn from the…
  • Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
  • Daniel 10:8So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
  • Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
  • Jeremiah 30:6Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
  • Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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