Daniel 5:10

Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

9Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.

11There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,

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Cross References

Genesis 35:17During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

1 Kings 1:31Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

Job 21:34So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

Daniel 3:9saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!

Daniel 6:21Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!

Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:2-10

Belshazzar's Feast; The Hand-writing on the Wall. ( b. c. 538.) 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God… Read the whole commentary →

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