(A)Then the king's color changed, (B)and his thoughts alarmed him; (C)his limbs gave way, and (D)his knees knocked together.

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His face turned pale(A) and he was so frightened(B) that his legs became weak(C) and his knees were knocking.(D)

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10 (A)Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
    (B)Hearts melt and (C)knees tremble;
(D)anguish is in all loins;
    (E)all faces grow pale!

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10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
    Hearts melt,(A) knees give way,
    bodies tremble, every face grows pale.(B)

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28 “Here is the end of the matter. (A)As for me, Daniel, my (B)thoughts greatly alarmed me, (C)and my color changed, but (D)I kept the matter in my heart.”

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28 “This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled(A) by my thoughts,(B) and my face turned pale,(C) but I kept the matter to myself.”

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17 (A)All hands are feeble, and all knees turn to water.

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17 Every hand will go limp;(A)
    every leg will be wet with urine.(B)

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I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and (A)the visions of my head alarmed me.

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I had a dream(A) that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed,(B) the images and visions that passed through my mind(C) terrified me.(D)

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(A)And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news (B)that it is coming. (C)Every heart will melt, and (D)all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and (E)all knees will be weak as water. (F)Behold, it is (G)coming, and it will be fulfilled,’” declares the Lord God.

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And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?(A)’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear(B) and every hand go limp;(C) every spirit will become faint(D) and every leg will be wet with urine.’(E) It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

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23 (A)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
    (B)and make their loins tremble continually.

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23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(A)

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Then King Belshazzar was greatly (A)alarmed, and his (B)color changed, and his (C)lords were perplexed.

10 The queen,[a] because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, (D)“O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you (E)or your color change.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother; twice in this verse

So King Belshazzar became even more terrified(A) and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.

10 The queen,[a] hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. “May the king live forever!”(B) she said. “Don’t be alarmed! Don’t look so pale!

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother

Daniel Interprets the Second Dream

19 Then Daniel, whose name was (A)Belteshazzar, was (B)dismayed for a while, and (C)his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, (D)may the dream be for those who hate you (E)and its interpretation for your enemies!

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Daniel Interprets the Dream

19 Then Daniel (also called Belteshazzar) was greatly perplexed for a time, and his thoughts terrified(A) him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its meaning alarm you.”(B)

Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, if only the dream applied to your enemies and its meaning to your adversaries!

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Therefore all hands will be feeble,
    and every human heart (A)will melt.
They will be dismayed:
    (B)pangs and agony will seize them;
    (C)they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
    their faces will be aflame.

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Because of this, all hands will go limp,(A)
    every heart will melt with fear.(B)
Terror(C) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip(D) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.(E)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.(F)

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12 Therefore (A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,

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12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(A)

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19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was (A)filled with fury, and the expression of his face (B)was changed against (C)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.

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19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven(A) times hotter than usual

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Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; (A)his spirit was troubled, and (B)his sleep left him.

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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams;(A) his mind was troubled(B) and he could not sleep.(C)

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