Daniel Chapter 5

• Daniel 5:1
  Daniel.
• Daniel 5:2
  Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
• Daniel 5:3
  Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded that the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which w...
• Daniel 5:4
  Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of God’s house which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives an...
• Daniel 5:5
  They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
• Daniel 5:6
  In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the...
• Daniel 5:7
  Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against a...
• Daniel 5:8
  The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever read...
• Daniel 5:9
  Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation.
• Daniel 5:10
  Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
• Daniel 5:11
  The queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house. The queen spoke and said, “O king, live forever; don’t let you...
• Daniel 5:12
  There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wi...
• Daniel 5:13
  because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the s...
• Daniel 5:14
  Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom th...
• Daniel 5:15
  I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you and that light, understanding, and excellent wisdom are found in you.
• Daniel 5:16
  Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but the...
• Daniel 5:17
  But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and dissolve doubts. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretatio...
• Daniel 5:18
  Then Daniel answered before the king, “Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the k...
• Daniel 5:19
  “To you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.
• Daniel 5:20
  Because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whom he wanted to, and he...
• Daniel 5:21
  But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory...
• Daniel 5:22
  He was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like o...
• Daniel 5:23
  “You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
• Daniel 5:24
  but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives,...
• Daniel 5:25
  Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
• Daniel 5:26
  “This is the writing that was inscribed: ‘MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.’
• Daniel 5:27
  “This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE: God has counted your kingdom, and brought it to an end.
• Daniel 5:28
  TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
• Daniel 5:29
  PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
• Daniel 5:30
  Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he ...
• Daniel 5:31
  In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
• Daniel 5:32
  Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.