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Daniel 5:3-5
Lexham English Bible
Daniel 5:3-5
Lexham English Bible
3 Then they brought in the vessels of gold that they took from the temple, the house of God that was in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords,[a] his wives and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.[b]
5 Immediately[c] human fingers[d] appeared and they wrote opposite[e] the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king, and the king was watching[f] the palm of the hand that was writing.
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- Daniel 5:3 Or “nobles”
- Daniel 5:4 All these metals have the definite article that does not have to be translated into English to retain the meaning
- Daniel 5:5 Literally “In its the hour”
- Daniel 5:5 Literally “fingers of the hand of a man”
- Daniel 5:5 Literally “to over against”
- Daniel 5:5 Or “gazing at”
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