Daniel 5 · Verse 24

Daniel 5:24

Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
Daniel 5:24, King James Version

Daniel 5:24 in other translations

BSBTherefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
WEBThen the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
ASVThen was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
YLT‘Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;
DARBYthen from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.
BBEThen the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.
WebsterThen was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

What does Daniel 5:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. Then--When thou liftedst up thyself against the Lord. the part of the hand--the fore part, the fingers. was ... sent from him--that is, from God.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 Then was the part of the hand sent - This was the filling up of the cup of thy iniquity; this last act made thee ripe for destruction.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 5:18-31

Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but they will be judged by One to whom all things are open. Daniel reads the sentence written on the wall. All this may well be applied to the doom of every sinner. At death, the sinner's days are numbered and finished; after death…

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Daniel 5:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֵּאדַ֙יִן֙be.Da.yin<in> thenH116
מִן\־min-fromH4481
קֳדָמ֔וֹהִיko.da.Mo.hibefore himH6925
שְׁלִ֖יַחַshe.Li.ya.achit was sent outH7972
פַּסָּ֣אpa.Sa'palm theH6447
דִֽי\־di-ofH1768
יְדָ֑אye.Da'hand theH3028
וּכְתָבָ֥אu.khe.ta.Va'and writing theH3792
דְנָ֖הde.NahthisH1836
רְשִֽׁים\׃re.Shimit was inscribedH7560

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 5:24

  • Daniel 5:5

    In 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.

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Context

  • Daniel 5:23

    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 in 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:

  • Daniel 5:24

    Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

  • Daniel 5:25

    And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

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Daniel 5:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces de su presencia fué enviada la palma de la mano que esculpió esta escritura.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors a été envoyée de sa part l’extrémité de la main, et cette écriture a été tracée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da wurde von ihm diese Hand gesandt und diese Schrift gezeichnet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Idcirco ab eo missus est articulus manus, quæ scripsit hoc quod exaratum est.