Daniel 5 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Belshazzar’s Feast

Belshazzar^H1113 the king^H4430 [fn]held^H5648 a great^H7229 feast^H3900 for a thousand^H506 of his nobles^H7261, and he was drinking^H8355 wine^H2562 in the presence^H6903 of the thousand^H506.

Dan 5:2

Dan 5:2 [fn]While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which his [fn]father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them.

Dan 5:3

Dan 5:3Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God which was in Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank out of them.

Dan 5:4

Dan 5:4They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Dan 5:5

Suddenly^H8160 the fingers^H677 of a human^H606 hand^H3028 emerged^H5312 and began writing^H3790 opposite^H6903 the lampstand^H5043 on the plaster^H1528 of the wall^H3797 of the king’s^H4430 palace^H1965, and the king^H4430 saw^H2370 the back^H6447 of the hand^H3028 that did the writing^H3790.

Dan 5:6

Dan 5:6Then the king’s [fn]face became pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints [fn]loosened and his knees began knocking together.

Dan 5:7

Dan 5:7The king called aloud to bring in the sorcerers, the [fn]Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king began speaking and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Anyone who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as third ruler in the kingdom.”

Dan 5:8

Dan 5:8Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.

Dan 5:9

Dan 5:9Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, his [fn]face grew even more pale, and his nobles were perplexed.

Dan 5:10

The queen^H4433 entered^H5954 the banquet^H4961 [fn]hall^H1005 because^H6903 of the words^H4406 of the king^H4430 and his nobles^H7261; the queen^H4433 began^H6032 to^H6032 speak^H6032 and said^H560, “O king^H4430, live^H2418 forever^H5957! Do not let your thoughts^H7476 alarm^H927 you or your [fn]face^H2122 be pale^H8133.

Dan 5:11

Dan 5:11“There is a man in your kingdom in whom is [fn]a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father [fn]the king—appointed him chief of the soothsayer priests, sorcerers, Chaldeans, and diviners.

Dan 5:12

Dan 5:12“This was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of riddles, and solving of difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be summoned and he will declare the interpretation.”

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting on the Wall

Dan 5:13

Then^H116 Daniel^H1841 was brought^H5954 in^H5954 before^H6925 the king^H4430. The king^H4430 began^H6032 speaking^H6032 and said^H560 to Daniel^H1841, “Are you that Daniel^H1841 who^H1768 is one of the [fn]exiles^H1123^H1547 from Judah^H3061, whom^H1768 my father^H2 the king^H4430 brought^H858 from Judah^H3061?

Dan 5:14

Dan 5:14“Now I have heard about you that [fn]a spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination, insight, and extraordinary wisdom have been found in you.

Dan 5:15

Dan 5:15“Just now the wise men and the sorcerers were brought in before me to read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the [fn]message.

Dan 5:16

Dan 5:16“But I personally have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to read the inscription and make its interpretation known to me, you will be clothed with purple and wear a necklace of gold around your neck, and you will have authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.”

Dan 5:17

Then^H116 Daniel^H1841 replied^H6032 and said^H560 before^H6925 the king^H4430, “[fn]Keep your gifts^H4978 for yourself or give^H3052 your rewards^H5023 to someone^H321 else^H321; however^H1297, I will read^H7123 the inscription^H3792 to the king^H4430 and make^H3046 the interpretation^H6591 known^H3046 to him.

Dan 5:18

Dan 5:18“[fn]O king, the Most High God granted [fn]sovereignty, greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.

Dan 5:19

Dan 5:19“Now because of the greatness which He granted him, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all [fn]languages trembled and feared in his presence; whomever he wished, he killed, and whomever he wished, he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated, and whomever he wished he humbled.

Dan 5:20

Dan 5:20“But when his heart [fn]was arrogant and his spirit became so [fn]overbearing that he behaved presumptuously, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his dignity was taken away from him.

Dan 5:21

Dan 5:21“He was also driven away from [fn]mankind, and his heart was made like that of animals, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind, and that He sets over it whomever He wishes.

Dan 5:22

Dan 5:22“Yet you, his [fn]son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,

Dan 5:23

Dan 5:23but you have risen up against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine out of them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.

Dan 5:24

Dan 5:24“Then the [fn]hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.

Dan 5:25

“Now this^H1836 is the inscription^H3792 that was written^H7560:

‘[fn]MENĒ^H4484, [fn]MENĒ^H4484, [fn]TEKĒL^H8625, [fn]UPHARSIN^H6537.’

Dan 5:26

“This^H1836 is the interpretation^H6591 of the [fn]message^H4406: ‘MENĒ^H4484’—God^H426 has numbered^H4483 your kingdom^H4437 and put^H8000 an^H8000 end^H8000 to^H8000 it.

Dan 5:27

Dan 5:27“‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

Dan 5:28

Dan 5:28“‘[fn]PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and [fn]Persians.”

Dan 5:29

Then^H116 Belshazzar^H1113 gave^H560 orders^H560, and they clothed^H3848 Daniel^H1841 with purple^H711 and put a necklace^H2002 of gold^H1722 around^H5922 his neck^H6676, and issued^H3745 a^H3745 proclamation^H3745 concerning^H5922 him that he now had^H1934 authority^H7990 as the third^H8531 ruler in the kingdom^H4437.

Dan 5:30

That same night^H3916 Belshazzar^H1113 the Chaldean^H3779 king^H4430 was killed^H6992.

Dan 5:31

Dan 5:31 [fn]So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(5:1)

Lit made

(5:2)

Or Under the influence of the wine

(5:2)

Or forefather, and so throughout the ch

(5:6)

Lit brightness changed for him

(5:6)

Or shook

(5:7)

I.e., probably master astrologers, diviners, etc., and so throughout the ch

(5:9)

Lit brightness was changing upon him

(5:10)

Lit house

(5:10)

Lit brightness be changed

(5:11)

Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God

(5:11)

Or O king

(5:13)

Lit sons of the exile

(5:14)

Or possibly the Spirit of God

Lit word

Lit Let...be for

Lit You, O king

Or the kingdom

Lit tongues

Lit rose up

Lit strong

Lit the sons of mankind

(5:22)

Or descendant

(5:24)

Lit palm of the hand

(5:25)

Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to count”

(5:25)

Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to count”

(5:25)

Or a shekel from verb “to weigh”

(5:25)

Or and half-shekels (singular: peres) from verb “to divide”

(5:26)

Lit word

(5:28)

Or half-shekel from verb “to divide”

(5:28)

Aram: Paras

(5:31)

Ch 6:1 in Aram

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Belshazzar’s Feast

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting on the Wall

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