Daniel 5:6

Then the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one another.

LXX2012 (British)

In The King James Version

Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

In Context

5In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote in front of the lamp on the plaster of the wall of the king's house: and the king saw the knuckles of the hand that wrote.

7And the king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; and he said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, and there shall be a golden chain upon his neck, and he shall be the third ruler in my kingdom.

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Cross References

Job 20:19For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.

Psalms 73:18Remember this your creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked your name. 1

Isaiah 13:7Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.

Isaiah 35:3+ 35:3 Heb 12:12 Be strong, you⌃ relaxed hands and palsied knees.

Ezekiel 7:17All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.

Daniel 2:1In the second year of his reign Nabuchodonosor dreamt a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him.

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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