(A)Immediately (B)the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw (C)the hand as it wrote. (D)Then the king's color changed, (E)and his thoughts alarmed him; (F)his limbs gave way, and (G)his knees knocked together. (H)The king called loudly to bring in (I)the enchanters, the (J)Chaldeans, and (K)the astrologers. The king declared[a] to the wise men of Babylon, (L)“Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and (M)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:7 Aramaic answered and said; also verse 10

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