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Daniel 5:7-9
New English Translation
Daniel 5:7-9
New English Translation
7 The king called out loudly[a] to summon[b] the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed[c] to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple[d] and have a golden collar[e] placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.
8 So all the king’s wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its[f] interpretation to the king. 9 Then King Belshazzar was very terrified, and he was visibly shaken.[g] His nobles were completely dumbfounded.
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- Daniel 5:7 tn Aram “in strength.”
- Daniel 5:7 tn Aram “cause to enter.”
- Daniel 5:7 tn Aram “answered and said.”
- Daniel 5:7 sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.
- Daniel 5:7 tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).
- Daniel 5:8 tc Read וּפִשְׁרֵהּ (ufishreh, “and its interpretation”) with the Qere rather than וּפִשְׁרָא (ufishraʾ, “and the interpretation”) of the Kethib.
- Daniel 5:9 tn Aram “his visage altered upon him,” as also in v. 10.
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