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Daniel 5:10
Daniel 5:10 is verse 10 of Daniel chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.
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King James Version
Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
World English Bible
The queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house. The queen spoke and said, “O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.
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Daniel 5:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible
8 So all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or interpret it for him.
9 Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.
10 Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.
11 There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,
12 did this because Daniel, the one he named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, as well as knowledge, understanding, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Summon Daniel, therefore, and he will give you the interpretation.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Daniel 2:4Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
Daniel 3:9saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!
Daniel 6:6So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!
Daniel 6:21Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!
1 Kings 1:31Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
Genesis 35:17During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
Genesis 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
1 Samuel 4:20As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
1 Samuel 4:21And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
1 Samuel 4:22“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
Job 13:4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Job 21:34So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”