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Daniel 5:9

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

KJV

Unde rex Baltassar satis conturbatus est, et vultus illius immutatus est ; sed et optimates ejus turbabantur.

Vulgate

τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκάλεσε τὴν βασίλισσαν περὶ τοῦ σημείου, καὶ ὑπέδειξεν αὐτῇ ὡς μέγα ἐστί, καὶ ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ δύναται ἀπαγγεῖλαι τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ σύγκριμα τῆς γραφῆς.

LXX

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

ASV

אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤/א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְ/זִיוֺ֖/הִי שָׁנַ֣יִן עֲל֑וֹ/הִי וְ/רַבְרְבָנ֖וֹ/הִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין

Hebrew

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People Belshazzar

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
noun · 179×
אדַ֣יִן
'dyn
adverb · 57×
בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣ר
blsh'tsr
proper_noun · 7×
הִי
hy
pronoun · 9×
הַשְׁנָיָ֛ה
hshnyh
verb · 22×
י֙
y
pronoun · 6×
מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין
mshtbshyn
verb · 1×
נִי
ny
verb · 11×
עַל
'l
preposition · 111×
שַׂגִּ֔יא
shgy'
adjective · 13×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 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.
  • Dan 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.
  • Dan 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.
  • Isa 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
  • Isa 21:2 — 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.
  • Jer 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.