The king sees the part of the hand that wrote on the plaster of the wall, and the king’s wise men cannot read the writing
왕이 분벽에 글자 쓰는 손가락을 보고 왕의 박사들이 그 글자를 읽지 못함
Daniel 5:5–9: in the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand come out and write near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king sees the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king’s face is changed in him, and his thoughts trouble him; and the joints of his thighs are loosened, and his knees strike one against another. The king cries aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king speaks and says to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” Then all the king’s wise men come in; but they can’t read the writing, and can’t make known to the king the interpretation. Then King Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his face is changed in him, and his lords are perplexed. The text does not say whose the hand is. The Korean Revised Version reads 촛대 맞은편 분벽에 (on the wall opposite the lamp stand) where WEB reads “near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall” (5:5).
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- DAN 5:5–9, engwebp
5In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
6Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.
7The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
8Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation.
9Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
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Belshazzar — Took part in — The king sees the part of the hand that wrote on the plaster of the wall, and the king’s wise men cannot read the writing
Evidence: Daniel 5:5–9
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Entry: The king sees the part of the hand that wrote on the plaster of the wall, and the king’s wise men cannot read the writing (event-dan-5-the-king-sees-the-hand-that-writes-and-the-wise-men-cannot-read-the-writing)
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Current wording: Daniel 5:5–9: in the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand come out and write near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king sees the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king’s face is changed in him, and his thoughts trouble him; and the joints of his thighs are loosened, and his knees strike one against another. The king cries aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king speaks and says to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” Then all the king’s wise men come in; but they can’t read the writing, and can’t make known to the king the interpretation. Then King Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his face is changed in him, and his lords are perplexed. The text does not say whose the hand is. The Korean Revised Version reads 촛대 맞은편 분벽에 (on the wall opposite the lamp stand) where WEB reads “near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall” (5:5).
Cited evidence: DAN 5:5–9, engwebp
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