Daniel 5:9
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
Daniel 5:9 in other translations
| BSB | Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered. |
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| WEB | Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed. |
| ASV | Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance 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. |
| DARBY | Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded. |
| BBE | Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a loss. |
| Webster | Then was the king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonished. |
What does Daniel 5:9 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 5:1-9
Belshazzar's impious feast; the hand-writing on the wall. (Dn 5:1-9) Daniel is sent for to interpret it. (Dn 5:10-17) Daniel warns the king of his destruction. (Dn 5:18-31) Verses 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…
Daniel 5:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Daniel 5:9
- Daniel 5:6
Then 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.
- Daniel 2:1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
- Jeremiah 6:24
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
- Isaiah 21:2-4
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
- Isaiah 13:6-8
Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
- Daniel 10:8
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
- Psalms 48:6
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
- Matthew 2:3
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Psalms 18:14
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
- Jeremiah 30:6
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
- Revelation 6:15
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
- Job 18:11-14
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
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Context
- Daniel 5:8
Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 5:9
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
- Daniel 5:10
Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
Daniel 5:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces el rey Belsasar fué muy turbado, y se le mudaron sus colores y alteráronse sus príncipes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Alors le roi Belshatsar fut extrêmement troublé, et il changea de couleur; et ses grands furent bouleversés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da geriet der König Belsazar in große Angst, und seine Gesichtsfarbe veränderte sich an ihm; und seine Gewaltigen wurden bestürzt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Unde rex Baltassar satis conturbatus est, et vultus illius immutatus est; sed et optimates ejus turbabantur. |