Daniel 5:9

So King Belshazzar became more afraid. His face became even paler/whiter. And all his officials who were there at the feast did not know what to do.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.

In Context

8But when all those wise men came in, none of them could read the writing, or tell him what it meant.

10But when the mother of the king (OR, of the previous king) heard the king and his officials talking loudly about what had happened, she entered the room where they were having the feast. She said to Belshazzar, “◄Your majesty/O King►, I hope you will live for a long time! But do not be pale and afraid about this.

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Cross References

Job 18:11Everywhere they went, there were things that caused them to be terrified; it was as though those things were pursuing them and biting at their heels.

Psalms 48:6Because they were very afraid, they trembled like a woman who is about to give birth to a child;

Isaiah 21:2Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. In the vision I saw an army that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions after they conquer them. Yahweh said, “You armies from Elam and Media, surround Babylon and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning and suffering that Babylon caused to cease!”

Jeremiah 30:6But think about this: Men certainly do not [RHQ] give birth to babies. Therefore, why do strong men stand there, with their faces very white/pale, with their hands pressed against their stomachs, like women who are about to give birth to babies?

Daniel 5:6He became very frightened, and his face became pale/white. His knees started shaking, and his legs became very weak, with the result that he could not stand up.

Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard what those men were asking, he became worried that someone else might be proclaimed { people might proclaim someone else} king of the Jews to replace him. Many of the people of Jerusalem [MTY, HYP] also became worried because they were afraid of what King Herod might do.

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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