Daniel 5:10

When the queen mother heard the noise the king and the nobles were making she went to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, “May Your Majesty the king live forever! Don't be frightened! Don't look so pale!

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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

9This made King Belshazzar even more frightened and his face grew even paler. His nobles also were in panic.

11There's a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In your father's time he was found to have understanding and insight, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your Majesty's father, King Nebuchadnezzar put him in charge of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your father did this

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Cross References

Genesis 35:17When she was in the worst birth-pains, the midwife told her, “Don't give up—you have another son!”

1 Kings 1:31Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, honoring the king and said, “May Your Majesty King David live forever.”

Job 21:34Why do you try to comfort me with worthless nonsense? Your answers are just a pack of lies!”

Daniel 3:9They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May Your Majesty the king live forever!

Daniel 6:21Daniel replied, “May Your Majesty the king 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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