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Daniel 5:7 KJV
Daniel · chapter 5 · verse 7
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.Daniel 5:7 · King James Version
Daniel 5:7 in context
5In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
6Then 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.
7The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
8Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
9Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- astrologersʼashshâph{a conjurer}H826 →
- soothsayersgᵉzarto quarryH1505 →
- ChaldeansKasdaya Chaldaean or inhabitant of ChaldaeaH3779 →
- criedqᵉrâʼ{to call out to }H7123 →
- aloudchayilan army, or strengthH2429 →
- bringʻălalto enterH5954 →
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We have here Belshazzar the king very gay, but all of a sudden very gloomy, and in straits in the fulness of his sufficiency. See how he affronts God, and God affrights him; and wait what will be the issue of this contest; and whether he that hardened his heart against God prospered. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9