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Daniel 5:1
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Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a
thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. |
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Daniel 5:2
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Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded
to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken
out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives
and his concubines, might drink therefrom. |
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Daniel 5:3
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Then they brought the golden vessels that were
taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king
and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them. |
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Daniel 5:4
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They
drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of
wood, and of stone. |
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Daniel 5:5
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In the same hour came forth the fingers of a
man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall
of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. |
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Daniel 5:6
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Then the king's countenance was changed in him,
and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his
knees smote one against another. |
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Daniel 5:7
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The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters,
the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spake and said to the wise men of
Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof,
shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall
be the third ruler in the kingdom. |
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Daniel 5:8
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Then came in all the king's wise men; but they
could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. |
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Daniel 5:9
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Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and
his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed. |
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Daniel 5:10
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Now the queen by reason of the words of the
king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spake and said, O king,
live forever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.
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Daniel 5:11
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There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the
spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding
and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar
thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters,
Chaldeans, and soothsayers; |
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Daniel 5:12
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forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge,
and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and
dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar.
Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. |
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Daniel 5:13
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Then was Daniel brought in before the king.
The king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, who art of the children
of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? |
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Daniel 5:14
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I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the
gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found
in thee. |
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Daniel 5:15
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And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been
brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto
me the interpretation thereof; but they could not show the interpretation of the
thing. |
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Daniel 5:16
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But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give
interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if thou canst read the writing, and
make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple,
and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Daniel 5:17
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Then Daniel answered and said before the king,
Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; nevertheless I will
read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. |
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Daniel 5:18
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O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar
thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty: |
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Daniel 5:19
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and because of the greatness that he gave him,
all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he
would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up,
and whom he would he put down. |
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Daniel 5:20
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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 from him: |
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Daniel 5:21
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and he was driven from the sons of men, and
his heart was made like the beasts', and his dwelling was with the wild asses;
he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven;
until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he
setteth up over it whomsoever he will. |
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Daniel 5:22
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And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled
thy heart, though thou knewest all this, |
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Daniel 5:23
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but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord
of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou
and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou
hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which
see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose
are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. |
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Daniel 5:24
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Then was the part of the hand sent from before
him, and this writing was inscribed. |
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Daniel 5:25
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And this is the writing that was inscribed:
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. |
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Daniel 5:26
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This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE;
God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end; |
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Daniel 5:27
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TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and
art found wanting. |
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Daniel 5:28
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PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to
the Medes and Persians. |
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Daniel 5:29
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Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed
Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation
concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. |
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Daniel 5:30
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In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was
slain. |
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Daniel 5:31
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And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being
about threescore and two years old. |
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