Daniel 5:9
“Then was King Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lordes were astonied.”
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Daniel 5:9 Context
7The king cried aloud to bring in the Astrologers, the Caldeans, and the soothsayers: and the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoeuer shall reade this writing, and shewe me the interpretation thereof, shall bee clothed with scarlet, and haue a chaine of gold about his necke, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdome. 8Then came in all the kings wise men, but they could not reade the writing, nor make knowen to the king the interpretation thereof. 9Then was King Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lordes were astonied. 10¶ Now the queene, by reason of the wordes of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house, and the queene spake and said, O king, liue for euer: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed. 11There is a man in thy kingdom, in whome is the spirit of the holy gods, and in the dayes of thy father light and vnderstanding and wisedome like the wisedome of the gods, was found in him: whom the king Nebuchad-nezzar thy father, the king, Isay, thy father made master of the magicians, astrologers, Caldeans, and soothsayers,
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Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
- King James Version
Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, his face grew {even} paler, and his nobles were perplexed.
- New American Standard Version (1995)