5:8 So all the king’s wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its 1 interpretation to the king. 5:9 Then King Belshazzar was very terrified, and he was visibly shaken. 2 His nobles were completely dumbfounded.
1 tc Read וּפִשְׁרֵהּ (ufishreh) with the Qere rather than וּפִשְׁרָא (ufishra’) of the Kethib.
2 tn Aram “his visage altered upon him.” So also in v. 10.