Daniel 5:22

Thou also his son, O Baltasar, hast not humbled thy heart, whereas thou knewest all these things:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

In Context

21And he was driven out from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses, and he did eat grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven: till he knew that the most High ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he will set over it whomsoever it shall please him.

23But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:23And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Manasses his father had humbled himself, but committed far greater sins.

Daniel 5:18O king, the most high God gave to Nabuchodonosor thy father a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour.

Matthew 21:32For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.

John 13:17If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them.

Acts 5:29But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:11-30

Daniel Brought before Belshazzar. ( b. c. 538.) 10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy… Read the whole commentary →

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