Daniel 5:5 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- Belshazzar's impious feast; the hand-writing on the wallBelshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon. Security and sensuality are sad proofs of...
Thompson Chains
- Finger of GodLink 4 of 5 · next Luke 11:2
- Writing (1)Last of 9 links
- PalacesSee the chain from 1 Kings 7:1 · 8 links
Parallel Passages
- Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Psalms 78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
- Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Daniel 4:31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
- Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Psalms 78:30–31 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, …
- Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Daniel 4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
- 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 5:15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
- Daniel 5:24–28 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. …
- Colossians 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. …
- Revelation 20:12–15 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. …
- Luke 12:19–20 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. …
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Topics
- Belshazzar King of Babylon
- Daniel Interprets visions
- Drunkenness Belshazzar
- Heathen Belshazzar
- House Ceiled and plastered
- Palace At Babylon
- Plaster General scriptures concerning Plaster
- Symbols and similitudes Handwriting on the wall
- Wicked (people) Warned
- Women In Persia
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible538 BC · Babylon Taken by the Medes and Persians
Aramaic and Strong’s
- In the same hour בַּהּ bah Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine singular שַׁעֲתָה šaʿătâ שָׁעָה Noun · feminine singular determined · with the
- came forth נְפַקָה nĕpaqâ נְפַק Verb · peal perfect, third person feminine plural
- fingers אֶצְבְּעָן ʾeṣbĕʿān אֶצְבַּע Noun · feminine plural
- of a man's אֱנָשׁ ʾĕnāš אֱנָשׁ Noun · masculine singular
- hand דִּי dî Particle יַד yad יַד Noun · feminine singular construct
- and wrote וְכָתְבָן wĕkātĕbān כְּתַב Verb · peal active participle, feminine plural · with and
- over against לָקֳבֵל lāqŏbēl קְבֵל Preposition
- the candlestick נֶבְרַשְׁתָּא nebraštāʾ נֶבְרְשָׁא Noun · feminine singular determined · with the
- upon עַל ʿal עַל Preposition
- the plaister גִּירָא gîrāʾ גִּיר Noun · masculine singular determined · with the
- of the wall דִּי dî Particle כְתַל kĕtal כְּתַל Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the king's מַלְכָּא malkāʾ מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular determined · with the
- palace הֵיכְלָא hêkĕlāʾ הֵיכַל Noun · masculine singular determined · with the
- and the king וּמַלְכָּא ûmalkāʾ מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular determined · with and, the
- saw חָזֵה ḥāzê חֲזָא Verb · peal active participle, masculine singular
- the part פַּס pas פַּס Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the hand יְדָה yĕdâ יַד Noun · feminine singular determined · with the
- that wrote דִּי dî Particle דִּי dî Relative כָתְבָה kātĕbâ כְּתַב Verb · peal active participle, feminine singular
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