Daniel 5:9

Then, King Belshazzar, was greatly terrified, and, his bright looks, were changed upon him,—and, his nobles, were perplexed.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

8Then were coming in all the wise men of the king,—but, the writing, could they not read, nor, the interpretation, make known to the king.

10The queen, by reason of the words of the king and his nobles, into the house of banqueting, entered,—the queen spake and said, O king! for ages, live! Let not thy thoughts, terrify thee, and, as for thy bright looks, let them not be changed.

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Cross References

Job 18:11Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.

Psalms 48:6Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.

Isaiah 21:2[So] hath, a grievous vision, been told me:—the deceiver, is deceiving. And the spoiler, is spoiling, Go up, O Elam Besiege O Media, All the sighing she hath caused, have I made to cease.

Jeremiah 30:6Ask, I pray you, and see, whether a male travaileth with child! Why have I seen Every man with his hands upon his loins like a woman in travail, and Every face turned into ghastliness?

Daniel 5:6Then, as for the king, his bright looks, changed in him, and, his thoughts, terrified him,—and, the joints of his loins, were loosed, and, his knees, smote, one against another.

Matthew 2:3But, when King Herod heard, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with 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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