Belshazzar <H1113> the king <H4430> made <H5648> a great <H7229> feast <H3900> to a thousand <H0506> of his lords, <H7261> and drank <H8355> wine <H2562> before <H6903> the thousand. <H0506>
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Belshazzar, <H1113> whiles he tasted <H2942> the wine, <H2562> commanded <H0560> to bring <H0858> the golden <H1722> and silver <H3702> vessels <H3984> which his father <H0002> Nebuchadnezzar <H5020> had taken out <H5312> of <H4481> the temple <H1965> which [was] in Jerusalem; <H3390> that the king, <H4430> and his princes, <H7261> his wives, <H7695> and his concubines, <H3904> might drink <H8355> therein.
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Then <H0116> they brought <H0858> the golden <H1722> vessels <H3984> that were taken out <H5312> of <H4481> the temple <H1965> of the house <H1005> of God <H0426> which [was] at Jerusalem; <H3390> and the king, <H4430> and his princes, <H7261> his wives, <H7695> and his concubines, <H3904> drank <H8355> in them.
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They drank <H8355> wine, <H2562> and praised <H7624> the gods <H0426> of gold, <H1722> and of silver, <H3702> of brass, <H5174> of iron, <H6523> of wood, <H0636> and of stone. <H0069>
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In the same hour <H8160> came forth <H5312> fingers <H0677> of a man's <H0606> hand, <H3028> and wrote <H3790> over against <H6903> the candlestick <H5043> upon <H5922> the plaister <H1528> of the wall <H3797> of the king's <H4430> palace: <H1965> and the king <H4430> saw <H2370> the part <H6447> of the hand <H3028> that wrote. <H3790>
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Then <H0116> the king's <H4430> countenance <H2122> was changed, <H8133> and his thoughts <H7476> troubled <H0927> him, so that the joints <H7001> of his loins <H2783> were loosed, <H8271> and his knees <H0755> smote <H5368> one <H1668> against another. <H1668>
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The king <H4430> cried <H7123> aloud <H2429> to bring in <H5954> the astrologers, <H0826> the Chaldeans, <H3779> and the soothsayers. <H1505> [And] the king <H4430> spake, <H6032> and said <H0560> to the wise <H2445> [men] of Babylon, <H0895> Whosoever <H0606> <H3606> shall read <H7123> this <H1836> writing, <H3792> and shew <H2324> me the interpretation <H6591> thereof, shall be clothed <H3848> with scarlet, <H0711> and [have] a chain <H2002> of gold <H1722> about <H5922> his neck, <H6676> and shall be the third <H8523> ruler <H7981> in the kingdom. <H4437>
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Then <H0116> came in <H5954> all <H3606> the king's <H4430> wise <H2445> [men]: but they could <H3546> not <H3809> read <H7123> the writing, <H3792> nor make known <H3046> to the king <H4430> the interpretation <H6591> thereof.
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Then <H0116> was king <H4430> Belshazzar <H1113> greatly <H7690> troubled, <H0927> and his countenance <H2122> was changed <H8133> in him, <H5922> and his lords <H7261> were astonied. <H7672>
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[Now] the queen <H4433> by reason <H6903> of the words <H4406> of the king <H4430> and his lords <H7261> came <H5954> into the banquet <H4961> house: <H1005> [and] the queen <H4433> spake <H6032> and said, <H0560> O king, <H4430> live <H2418> for ever: <H5957> let not <H0409> thy thoughts <H7476> trouble <H0927> thee, nor <H0409> let thy countenance <H2122> be changed: <H8133>
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There is <H0383> a man <H1400> in thy kingdom, <H4437> in whom [is] the spirit <H7308> of the holy <H6922> gods; <H0426> and in the days <H3118> of thy father <H0002> light <H5094> and understanding <H7924> and wisdom, <H2452> like the wisdom <H2452> of the gods, <H0426> was found <H7912> in him; whom the king <H4430> Nebuchadnezzar <H5020> thy father, <H0002> the king, <H4430> [I say], thy father, <H0002> made <H6966> master <H7229> of the magicians, <H2749> astrologers, <H0826> Chaldeans, <H3779> [and] soothsayers; <H1505>
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Forasmuch as <H6903> <H3606> an excellent <H3493> spirit, <H7308> and knowledge, <H4486> and understanding, <H7924> interpreting <H6590> of dreams, <H2493> and shewing <H0263> of hard sentences, <H0280> and dissolving <H8271> of doubts, <H7001> were found <H7912> in the same Daniel, <H1841> whom the king <H4430> named <H7761> <H8036> Belteshazzar: <H1096> now <H3705> let Daniel <H1841> be called, <H7123> and he will shew <H2324> the interpretation. <H6591>
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Then <H0116> was Daniel <H1841> brought in <H5954> before <H6925> the king. <H4430> [And] the king <H4430> spake <H6032> and said <H0560> unto Daniel, <H1841> [Art] thou <H0607> that Daniel, <H1841> which [art] of <H4481> the children <H1123> of the captivity <H1547> of Judah, <H3061> whom the king <H4430> my father <H0002> brought <H0858> out of <H4481> Jewry? <H3061>
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I have even heard <H8086> of thee, <H5922> that the spirit <H7308> of the gods <H0426> [is] in thee, and [that] light <H5094> and understanding <H7924> and excellent <H3493> wisdom <H2452> is found <H7912> in thee.
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And now <H3705> the wise <H2445> [men], the astrologers, <H0826> have been brought in <H5954> before <H6925> me, that they should read <H7123> this <H1836> writing, <H3792> and make known <H3046> unto me the interpretation <H6591> thereof: but they could <H3546> not <H3809> shew <H2324> the interpretation <H6591> of the thing: <H4406>
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And I <H0576> have heard <H8086> of thee, <H5922> that thou canst <H3202> make <H6590> interpretations, <H6591> and dissolve <H8271> doubts: <H7001> now <H3705> if <H2006> thou canst <H3202> read <H7123> the writing, <H3792> and make known <H3046> to me the interpretation <H6591> thereof, thou shalt be clothed <H3848> with scarlet, <H0711> and [have] a chain <H2002> of gold <H1722> about <H5922> thy neck, <H6676> and shalt be the third <H8531> ruler <H7981> in the kingdom. <H4437>
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Then <H0116> Daniel <H1841> answered <H6032> and said <H0560> before <H6925> the king, <H4430> Let thy gifts <H4978> be <H1934> to thyself, and give <H3052> thy rewards <H5023> to another; <H0321> yet <H1297> I will read <H7123> the writing <H3792> unto the king, <H4430> and make known <H3046> to him the interpretation. <H6591>
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O thou <H0607> king, <H4430> the most high <H5943> God <H0426> gave <H3052> Nebuchadnezzar <H5020> thy father <H0002> a kingdom, <H4437> and majesty, <H7238> and glory, <H3367> and honour: <H1923>
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And for <H4481> the majesty <H7238> that he gave <H3052> him, all <H3606> people, <H5972> nations, <H0524> and languages, <H3961> trembled <H1934> <H2112> and feared <H1763> before <H4481> <H6925> him: whom he would <H1934> <H6634> he slew; <H1934> <H6992> and whom he would <H1934> <H6634> he kept <H1934> alive; <H2418> and whom he would <H1934> <H6634> he set <H1934> up; <H7313> and whom he would <H1934> <H6634> he put <H1934> down. <H8214>
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But when his heart <H3825> was lifted up, <H7313> and his mind <H7308> hardened <H8631> in pride, <H2103> he was deposed <H5182> from <H4481> his kingly <H4437> throne, <H3764> and they took <H5709> his glory <H3367> from him: <H4481>
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And he was driven <H2957> from <H4481> the sons <H1123> of men; <H0606> and his heart <H3825> was made <H7739> like <H5974> the beasts, <H2423> and his dwelling <H4070> [was] with <H5974> the wild asses: <H6167> they fed <H2939> him with grass <H6211> like oxen, <H8450> and his body <H1655> was wet <H6647> with the dew <H2920> of heaven; <H8065> till <H5705> he knew <H3046> that the most high <H5943> God <H0426> ruled <H7990> in the kingdom <H4437> of men, <H0606> and [that] he appointeth <H6966> over <H5922> it whomsoever <H4479> he will. <H6634>
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And thou <H0607> his son, <H1247> O Belshazzar, <H1113> hast not <H3809> humbled <H8214> thine heart, <H3825> though <H6903> thou knewest <H3046> all <H3606> this; <H1836>
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But hast lifted up <H7313> thyself against <H5922> the Lord <H4756> of heaven; <H8065> and they have brought <H0858> the vessels <H3984> of his house <H1005> before <H6925> thee, and thou, <H0607> and thy lords, <H7261> thy wives, <H7695> and thy concubines, <H3904> have drunk <H8355> wine <H2562> in them; and thou hast praised <H7624> the gods <H0426> of silver, <H3702> and gold, <H1722> of brass, <H5174> iron, <H6523> wood, <H0636> and stone, <H0069> which see <H2370> not, <H3809> nor <H3809> hear, <H8086> nor <H3809> know: <H3046> and the God <H0426> in whose hand <H3028> thy breath <H5396> [is], and whose [are] all <H3606> thy ways, <H0735> hast thou not <H3809> glorified: <H1922>
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Then <H0116> was the part <H6447> of the hand <H3028> sent <H7972> from <H4481> <H6925> him; and this <H1836> writing <H3792> was written. <H7560>
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And this <H1836> [is] the writing <H3792> that was written, <H7560> MENE, <H4484> MENE, <H4484> TEKEL, <H8625> UPHARSIN. <H6537>
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This <H1836> [is] the interpretation <H6591> of the thing: <H4406> MENE; <H4484> God <H0426> hath numbered <H4483> thy kingdom, <H4437> and finished <H8000> it.
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TEKEL; <H8625> Thou art weighed <H8625> in the balances, <H3977> and art found <H7912> wanting. <H2627>
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PERES; <H6537> Thy kingdom <H4437> is divided, <H6537> and given <H3052> to the Medes <H4076> and Persians. <H6540>
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Then <H0116> commanded <H0560> Belshazzar, <H1113> and they clothed <H3848> Daniel <H1841> with scarlet, <H0711> and [put] a chain <H2002> of gold <H1722> about <H5922> his neck, <H6676> and made a proclamation <H3745> concerning <H5922> him, that he should be <H1934> the third <H8531> ruler <H7990> in the kingdom. <H4437>
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In that night <H3916> was Belshazzar <H1113> the king <H4430> of the Chaldeans <H3778> <H3779> slain. <H6992>
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And Darius <H1868> the Median <H4077> took <H6902> the kingdom, <H4437> [being] about threescore <H8361> and two <H8648> years <H8140> old. <H1247>