Daniel 5:9 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

King Belshazzar was terrified, and his face turned pale. His nobles didn't know what to do.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.

ASV:

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

BBE:

Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a loss.

DBY:

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded.

ERV:

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

JPS:

Then was king Belshazzar greatly affrighted, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

WBS:

Then was the king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonished.

WEB:

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

YLT:

then the king Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men are perplexed.

Daniel 5:9 Cross References

XREF:

Job 18:11 "All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step.

Isaiah 13:6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 21:2 A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.

Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth.

Daniel 2:1 Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

Daniel 5:6 Then the king's face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

5:1-9 Belshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon. Security and sensuality are sad proofs of approaching ruin. That mirth is sinful indeed, which profanes sacred things; and what are many of the songs used at modern feasts better than the praises sung by the heathens to their gods! See how God struck terror upon Belshazzar and his lords. God's written word is enough to put the proudest, boldest sinner in a fright. What we see of God, the part of the hand that writes in the book of the creatures, and in the book of the Scriptures, should fill us with awful thoughts concerning that part which we do not see. If this be the finger of God, what is his arm when made bare? And what is He? The king's guilty conscience told him that he had no reason to expect any good news from heaven. God can, in a moment, make the heart of the stoutest sinner to tremble; and there needs no more than to let loose his own thoughts upon him; they will give him trouble enough. No bodily pain can equal the inward agony which sometimes seizes the sinner in the midst of mirth, carnal pleasures, and worldly pomp. Sometimes terrors cause a man to flee to Christ for pardon and peace; but many cry out for fear of wrath, who are not humbled for their sins, and who seek relief by lying vanities. The ignorance and uncertainty concerning the Holy Scriptures, shown by many who call themselves wise, only tend to drive sinners to despair, as the ignorance of these wise men did.

CONC:

Affrighted Alarmed Astonied Astonished Baffled Belshazzar Belshaz'zar Changed Changing Color Colour Confounded Countenance Face Greatly Grew Lords Loss Nobles Pale Paler Perplexed Terrified Troubled

Affrighted Alarmed Astonied Astonished Baffled Belshazzar Belshaz'zar Changed Changing Color Colour Confounded Countenance Face Great Greatly Grew Lords Nobles Pale Perplexed Terrified Troubled

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