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Daniel 5:9
Daniel 5:9 is verse 9 of Daniel chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.
King James Version
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
World English Bible
Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
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Daniel 5:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
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,
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Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
Daniel 2:1In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
Job 18:12His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
Job 18:13It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
Job 18:14He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
Daniel 10:8So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
Isaiah 13:8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
Isaiah 21:2A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
Isaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 30:6Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.