They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.(A)

The Handwriting on the Wall

At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand[a] that was writing, his face turned pale,[b] and his thoughts so terrified him that he soiled himself[c] and his knees knocked together.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:5 Lit part of the hand
  2. 5:5–6 Lit writing, the king’s brightness changed
  3. 5:6 Or that the joints of his hips gave way; lit that the knots of his loins were untied

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