Daniel 5:10

[Now] the queen in consequence of the words of the king and of his lords came into the banquet-house; the queen commenced and said, O king, live for ever; let thy thoughts not trouble thee, nor let thy color be changed:

Leeser Tanakh

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 was king Belshazzar greatly terrified, and his color was changed on him, and his lords were confounded.

11There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father enlightenment and intelligence and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him: and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father appointed him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers:—yes, thy father, O king.—

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Cross References

Genesis 35:17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for this child also is a son for thee.

1 Kings 1:31Then did Bath-sheba' bow herself with her face to the earth, and prostrate herself unto the king; and she said, May my lord, the king David, live for ever!

Job 21:34How then will ye comfort me with vanity? and of your answers there remaineth only deception.

Daniel 3:9They commenced and said to king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

Daniel 6:21(6:22) Then spoke Daniel with the king, O king, live for ever.

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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