Daniel 5:24

Literal Standard Version

Then from before Him is the extremity of the hand sent, and the writing is noted down;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, he sent the hand, and this writing was inscribed.

Hebrew Names Version
Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

King James Version
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

English Standard Version
"Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.

New American Standard Bible
"Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.

New Century Version
So God sent the hand that wrote on the wall.

Amplified Bible
"Then the hand was sent from the presence [of the Most High God], and this inscription was written:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then was the palme of the hand sent from him, and hath written this writing.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

Contemporary English Version
That's why he sent the hand to write this message on the wall.

Complete Jewish Bible
This is why he sent the hand to write this inscription;

Darby Translation
then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.

Easy-to-Read Version
So because of that, God sent the hand that wrote on the wall.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the palm of the hand was sent from his presence; and this writing was written.

Good News Translation
That is why God has sent the hand to write these words.

Lexham English Bible
So then the palm of the hand was sent out from his presence and this writing was inscribed.

Literal Translation
Then the part of the hand was sent from Him, and this writing was written.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore is the palme off this honde sent hither from him, to token vp this wrytinge.

American Standard Version
Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

Bible in Basic English
Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
then was the palm of the hand sent from before Him, and this writing was inscribed.

King James Version (1611)
Then was the part of the hand sent from him, and this writing was written.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then was the knockles of the hand sent from him, and hath written this writing.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore from his presence has been sent forth the knuckle of a hand; and he has ordered the writing.

English Revised Version
Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

World English Bible
Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the fyngur of the hond was sent of hym, which hond wroot this thing that is writun.

Update Bible Version
Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

New English Translation
Therefore the palm of a hand was sent from him, and this writing was inscribed.

New King James Version
Then the fingers [fn] of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.

New Living Translation
So God has sent this hand to write this message.

New Life Bible
So the hand was sent from Him to write on your wall.

New Revised Standard
"So from his presence the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then was there put forth from before him the part of the hand, - and, this writing, was inscribed:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore, he hath sent the part of the hand which hath written this that is set down.

Revised Standard Version
"Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.

Young's Literal Translation
`Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;

THE MESSAGE
"God sent the hand that wrote on the wall, and this is what is written: mene , teqel , and peres . This is what the words mean: "Mene: God has numbered the days of your rule and they don't add up.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰The queen, on account of the words of the king and his great men, has come up to the banquet-house. The queen has answered and said, "O king, live for all ages; do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor your countenance be changed: ¹¹there is a man in your kingdom in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and in the days of your father, light, and understanding, and wisdom—as the wisdom of the gods—was found in him; and your father King Nebuchadnezzar, chief of the scribes, enchanters, Chaldeans, soothsayers, established him—your father, O king— ¹²because that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of enigmas, and loosing of knots was found in him, in Daniel, whose name the king made Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and the interpretation he shows." ¹³Then Daniel has been caused to come up before the king; the king has answered and said to Daniel, "You are that Daniel who [is] of the sons of the expulsion of Judah, whom my father the king brought in out of Judah? ¹⁴And I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods [is] in you, and light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom have been found in you. ¹⁵And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that they may read this writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to show the interpretation of the thing: ¹⁶and I have heard of you, that you are able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, behold—you are able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know—purple you put on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on your neck, and you rule third in the kingdom." ¹⁷Then Daniel has answered and said before the king, "Your gifts be to yourself, and give your fee to another; nevertheless, the writing I read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know; ¹⁸you, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honor, gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar: ¹⁹and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;

Bible Verse Review
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Daniel 5:5

Reciprocal: Proverbs 16:18 - General Proverbs 18:12 - destruction Jeremiah 51:8 - howl

Cross-References

Genesis 5:5
And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dies.

Genesis 5:6
And Seth lives one hundred and five years [[or two hundred and five years]], and begets Enos.

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch habitually walks with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years [[or two hundred years]], and begets sons and daughters.

Genesis 37:30
and he returns to his brothers and says, "The boy is not, and I—to where am I going?"

Genesis 42:36
and their father Jacob says to them, "You have bereaved me; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin you take—all these [things] have been against me."

2 Kings 2:1
And it comes to pass, at YHWH's taking up Elijah to the heavens in a whirlwind, that Elijah goes, and Elisha, from Gilgal,

Jeremiah 31:15
Thus said YHWH: "A voice is heard in Ramah, || Wailing [and] the weeping of bitterness, || Rachel is weeping for her sons, || She has refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not."

Matthew 2:18
"A voice in Ramah was heard—weeping and much mourning—Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not."

Luke 23:43
and Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."

1 John 1:7
and if we may walk in the light, as He is in the light—we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of His Son Jesus Christ cleanses us from every sin;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then was the part of the hand sent from him,.... That is, from God: being thus reproached and blasphemed, at that very instant, and for that reason, because the vessels of his sanctuary were profaned, and idol gods were praised, and he despised; he caused part of a hand, the writing fingers of it, to appear on the wall of the king's palace:

and this writing was written; which was then upon the wall, and he points to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then was the part of the hand sent from him - To wit, the fingers. See Daniel 5:5. The sense is, that when it was fully perceived that Belshazzar was not disposed to learn that there was a God in heaven; when he refused to profit by the solemn dispensations which had occurred in respect to his predecessor; when his own heart was lifted up with pride, and when he had gone even farther than his predecessors had done by the sacrilegious use of the vessels of the temple, thus showing special contempt for the God of heaven, then appeared the mysterious handwriting on the wall. It was then an appropriate time for the Most High God, who had been thus contemned and insulted, to come forth and rebuke the proud and impious monarch.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. Then was the part of the hand sent — This was the filling up of the cup of thy iniquity; this last act made thee ripe for destruction.