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Daniel 5:4-6
New English Translation
Daniel 5:4-6
New English Translation
4 As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
5 At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared[a] and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand.[b] The king was watching the back[c] of the hand that was writing. 6 Then all the color drained from the king’s face[d] and he became alarmed.[e] The joints of his hips gave way,[f] and his knees began knocking together.
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- Daniel 5:5 tn Aram “came forth.”
- Daniel 5:5 sn The mention of the lampstand in this context is of interest because it suggests that the writing was in clear view.
- Daniel 5:5 tn While Aramaic פַּס (pas) can mean the palm of the hand, here it seems to be the back of the hand that is intended.
- Daniel 5:6 tn Aram “[the king’s] brightness changed for him.”
- Daniel 5:6 tn Aram “his thoughts were alarming him.”
- Daniel 5:6 tn Aram “his loins went slack.”
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