1Belshazzar[H1113] the king[H4430]made[H5648] a great[H7229]feast[H3900] to a thousand[H506] of his lords[H7261], and drank[H8355]wine[H2562]before[H6903] the thousand[H506].
2Belshazzar[H1113], whiles he tasted[H2942] the wine[H2562], commanded[H560] to bring[H858] the golden[H1722] and silver[H3702]vessels[H3984] which his father[H2]Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] had taken[H5312] out of[H4481] the temple[H1965] which was in Jerusalem[H3390]; that the king[H4430], and his princes[H7261], his wives[H7695], and his concubines[H3904], might drink[H8355] therein.
3Then[H116] they brought[H858] the golden[H1722]vessels[H3984] that were taken[H5312] out of[H4481] the temple[H1965]of[H4481] the house[H1005]of[H4481]God[H426] which was at Jerusalem[H3390]; and the king[H4430], and his princes[H7261], his wives[H7695], and his concubines[H3904], drank[H8355] in them.
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They drank[H8355]wine[H2562], and praised[H7624] the gods[H426] of gold[H1722], and of silver[H3702], of brass[H5174], of iron[H6523], of wood[H636], and of stone[H69].
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In the same hour[H8160] came forth[H5312]fingers[H677] of a man's hand[H3028], and wrote[H3790] over against[H6903] the candlestick[H5043]upon[H5922] the plaister[H1528] of the wall[H3797] of the king[H4430]'s palace[H1965]: and the king[H4430]saw[H2370] the part[H6447] of the hand[H3028] that wrote[H3790].
6Then[H116] the king's countenance[H2122] was changed[H8133], and his thoughts[H7476]troubled[H927] him, so that the joints[H7001] of his loins[H2783] were loosed[H8271], and his knees[H755]smote[H5368]one[H1668] against another[H1668].
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The king[H4430]cried[H7123]aloud[H2429] to bring[H5954] in the astrologers[H826], the Chaldeans[H3779], and the soothsayers[H1505]. And the king[H4430]spake[H6032], and said[H560] to the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895], Whosoever[H606] shall read[H7123]this[H1836]writing[H3792], and shew[H2324] me the interpretation[H6591] thereof, shall be clothed[H3848] with scarlet[H711], and have a chain[H2002] of gold[H1722]about[H5922] his neck[H6676], and shall be the third[H8523]ruler[H7981] in the kingdom[H4437].
8Then[H116]came[H5954] in all[H3606] the king[H4430]'s wise[H2445] men: but they could[H3546]not[H3809]read[H7123] the writing[H3792], nor make known[H3046] to the king[H4430] the interpretation[H6591] thereof.
9Then[H116] was king[H4430]Belshazzar[H1113]greatly[H7690]troubled[H927], and his countenance[H2122] was changed[H8133] in him[H5922], and his lords[H7261] were astonied[H7672].
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Now the queen[H4433], by reason[H6903] of the words[H4406] of the king[H4430] and his lords[H7261], came[H5954] into the banquet[H4961]house[H1005]: and the queen[H4433]spake[H6032] and said[H560], O king[H4430], live[H2418] for ever[H5957]: let not[H409] thy thoughts[H7476]trouble[H927] thee, nor let thy countenance[H2122] be changed[H8133]:
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There is[H383] a man[H1400] in thy kingdom[H4437], in whom is[H383] the spirit[H7308] of the holy[H6922]gods[H426]; and in the days[H3118] of thy father[H2]light[H5094] and understanding[H7924] and wisdom[H2452], like the wisdom[H2452] of the gods[H426], was found[H7912] in him; whom the king[H4430]Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] thy father[H2], the king[H4430], I say, thy father[H2], made[H6966]master[H7229] of the magicians[H2749], astrologers[H826], Chaldeans[H3779], and soothsayers[H1505];
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Forasmuch as[H6903] an excellent[H3493]spirit[H7308], and knowledge[H4486], and understanding[H7924], interpreting[H6590] of dreams[H2493], and shewing[H263] of hard sentences[H280], and dissolving[H8271] of doubts[H7001], were found[H7912] in the same Daniel[H1841], whom the king[H4430]named[H7761]Belteshazzar[H1096]: now[H3705] let Daniel[H1841] be called[H7123], and he will shew[H2324] the interpretation[H6591].
13Then[H116] was Daniel[H1841]brought[H858]in[H5954]before[H6925] the king[H4430]. And the king[H4430]spake[H6032] and said[H560] unto Daniel[H1841], Art thou[H607] that Daniel[H1841], which art of[H4481] the children[H1123]of[H4481] the captivity[H1547]of[H4481]Judah[H3061], whom the king[H4430] my father[H2]brought[H858] out of[H4481]Jewry?[H3061]
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I have even heard[H8086] of thee[H5922], that the spirit[H7308] of the gods[H426] is in thee[H5922], and that light[H5094] and understanding[H7924] and excellent[H3493]wisdom[H2452] is found[H7912] in thee[H5922].
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And now[H3705] the wise[H2445] men, the astrologers[H826], have been brought[H5954] in before[H6925] me, that they should read[H7123]this[H1836]writing[H3792], and make known[H3046] unto me the interpretation[H6591] thereof: but they could[H3546]not[H3809]shew[H2324] the interpretation[H6591] of the thing[H4406]:
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And I[H576] have heard[H8086] of thee[H5922], that thou canst[H3202]make[H6590]interpretations[H6591], and dissolve[H8271]doubts[H7001]: now[H3705]if[H2006] thou canst[H3202]read[H7123] the writing[H3792], and make[H6590]known[H3046] to me the interpretation[H6591] thereof, thou shalt be clothed[H3848] with scarlet[H711], and have a chain[H2002] of gold[H1722]about[H5922] thy neck[H6676], and shalt be the third[H8531]ruler[H7981] in the kingdom[H4437].
17Then[H116]Daniel[H1841]answered[H6032] and said[H560]before[H6925] the king[H4430], Let thy gifts[H4978]be[H1934] to thyself, and give[H3052] thy rewards[H5023] to another[H321]; yet[H1297] I will read[H7123] the writing[H3792] unto the king[H4430], and make known[H3046] to him the interpretation[H6591].
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O thou[H607]king[H4430], the most high[H5943]God[H426]gave[H3052]Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] thy father[H2] a kingdom[H4437], and majesty[H7238], and glory[H3367], and honour[H1923]:
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And for[H4481] the majesty[H7238] that he gave[H3052]him[H6925], all[H3606]people[H5972], nations[H524], and languages[H3961], trembled[H1934] and feared[H1763]before[H4481]him[H6925]: whom he would[H1934] he slew[H1934]; and whom he would[H6634] he kept alive[H1934]; and whom he would[H6634] he set up[H1934]; and whom he would[H6634] he put down[H1934].
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But when his heart[H3825] was lifted up[H7313], and his mind[H7308]hardened[H8631] in pride[H2103], he was deposed[H5182]from[H4481] his kingly[H4437]throne[H3764], and they took[H5709] his glory[H3367]from[H4481]him[H4481]:
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And he was driven[H2957]from[H4481] the sons[H1123] of men[H606]; and his heart[H3825] was made[H7739]like[H5974] the beasts[H2423], and his dwelling[H4070] was with the wild asses[H6167]: they fed[H2939] him with grass[H6211]like[H5974]oxen[H8450], and his body[H1655] was wet[H6647] with the dew[H2920] of heaven[H8065]; till[H5705] he knew[H3046] that the most high[H5943]God[H426]ruled[H7990] in the kingdom[H4437] of men[H606], and that he appointeth[H6966]over[H5922] it whomsoever[H4479] he will[H6634].
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And thou[H607] his son[H1247], O Belshazzar[H1113], hast not[H3809]humbled[H8214] thine heart[H3825], though[H6903]thou[H607]knewest[H3046]all[H3606]this[H1836];
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But hast lifted up[H7313] thyself against[H5922] the Lord[H4756] of heaven[H8065]; and they have brought[H858] the vessels[H3984] of his house[H1005]before[H6925] thee, and thou[H607], and thy lords[H7261], thy wives[H7695], and thy concubines[H3904], have drunk[H8355]wine[H2562] in them; and thou[H607] hast praised[H7624] the gods[H426] of silver[H3702], and gold[H1722], of brass[H5174], iron[H6523], wood[H636], and stone[H69], which see[H2370]not[H3809], nor[H3809]hear[H8086], nor[H3809]know[H3046]: and the God[H426] in whose hand[H3028] thy breath[H5396] is, and whose are all[H3606] thy ways[H735], hast thou[H607]not[H3809]glorified[H1922]:
24Then[H116] was the part[H6447] of the hand[H3028]sent[H7972]from[H4481]him[H6925]; and this[H1836]writing[H3792] was written[H7560].
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And this[H1836] is the writing[H3792] that was written[H7560], MENE[H4484], MENE[H4484], TEKEL[H8625], UPHARSIN[H6537].
26This[H1836] is the interpretation[H6591] of the thing[H4406]: MENE[H4484]; God[H426] hath numbered[H4483] thy kingdom[H4437], and finished[H8000] it.
27TEKEL[H8625]; Thou art weighed[H8625] in the balances[H3977], and art found[H7912]wanting[H2627].
28PERES[H6537]; Thy kingdom[H4437] is divided[H6537], and given[H3052] to the Medes[H4076] and Persians[H6540].
29Then[H116]commanded[H560]Belshazzar[H1113], and they clothed[H3848]Daniel[H1841] with scarlet[H711], and put a chain[H2002] of gold[H1722]about[H5922] his neck[H6676], and made a proclamation[H3745]concerning[H5922] him, that he should be[H1934] the third[H8531]ruler[H7990] in the kingdom[H4437].
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In that night[H3916] was Belshazzar[H1113] the king[H4430] of the Chaldeans[H3779]slain[H6992].
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And Darius[H1868] the Median[H4077]took[H6902] the kingdom[H4437], being about threescore[H8361] and two[H8648]years[H8140]old[H1247].