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Daniel 5:6-9

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5:6 Then all the color drained from the king’s face 1  and he became alarmed. 2  The joints of his hips gave way, 3  and his knees began knocking together. 5:7 The king called out loudly 4  to summon 5  the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed 6  to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple 7  and have a golden collar 8  placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

5:8 So all the king’s wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its 9  interpretation to the king. 5:9 Then King Belshazzar was very terrified, and he was visibly shaken. 10  His nobles were completely dumbfounded.

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[5:6]  1 tn Aram “[the king’s] brightness changed for him.”

[5:6]  2 tn Aram “his thoughts were alarming him.”

[5:6]  3 tn Aram “his loins went slack.”

[5:7]  4 tn Aram “in strength.”

[5:7]  5 tn Aram “cause to enter.”

[5:7]  6 tn Aram “answered and said.”

[5:7]  7 sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

[5:7]  8 tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).

[5:8]  9 tc Read וּפִשְׁרֵהּ (ufishreh) with the Qere rather than וּפִשְׁרָא (ufishra’) of the Kethib.

[5:9]  10 tn Aram “his visage altered upon him.” So also in v. 10.



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