Belshazzar{H1113} the king{H4430} made{H5648} a great{H7229} feast{H3900} to a thousand{H506} of his lords,{H7261} and drank{H8355} wine{H2562} before{H6903} the thousand.{H506}

Belshazzar,{H1113} while he tasted{H2942} the wine,{H2562} commanded{H560} to bring{H858} the golden{H1722} and silver{H3702} vessels{H3984} which Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} his father{H2} had taken{H5312} out of{H4481} the temple{H1965} which was in Jerusalem;{H3390} that the king{H4430} and his lords,{H7261} his wives{H7695} and his concubines,{H3904} might drink{H8355} therefrom.

Then{H116} they brought{H858} the golden{H1722} vessels{H3984} that were taken{H5312} out of{H4481} the temple{H1965} of the house{H1005} of God{H426} which was at Jerusalem;{H3390} and the king{H4430} and his lords,{H7261} his wives{H7695} and his concubines,{H3904} drank{H8355} from them.

They drank{H8355} wine,{H2562} and praised{H7624} the gods{H426} of gold,{H1722} and of silver,{H3702} of brass,{H5174} of iron,{H6523} of wood,{H636} and of stone.{H69}

In the same hour{H8160} came forth{H5312} the fingers{H677} of a man's{H606} hand,{H3028} and wrote{H3790} over against{H6903} the candlestick{H5043} upon{H5922} the plaster{H1528} of the wall{H3797} of the king's{H4430} palace:{H1965} and the king{H4430} saw{H2370} the part{H6447} of the hand{H3028} that wrote.{H3790}

Then{H116} the king's{H4430} countenance{H2122} was changed{H8133} in him, and his thoughts{H7476} troubled{H927} him; and the joints{H7001} of his loins{H2783} were loosed,{H8271} and his knees{H755} smote{H5368} one{H1668} against another.{H1668}

The king{H4430} cried{H7123} aloud{H2429} to bring{H5954} in the enchanters,{H826} the Chaldeans,{H3779} and the soothsayers.{H1505} The king{H4430} spake{H6032} and said{H560} to the wise{H2445} men of Babylon,{H895} Whosoever{H606} shall read{H7123} this{H1836} writing,{H3792} and show{H2324} me the interpretation{H6591} thereof, shall be clothed{H3848} with purple,{H711} and have a chain{H2002} of gold{H1722} about{H5922} his neck,{H6676} and shall be the third{H8523} ruler{H7981} in the kingdom.{H4437}

Then{H116} came{H5954} in all{H3606} the king's{H4430} wise{H2445} men; but they could{H3546} not{H3809} read{H7123} the writing,{H3792} nor make known{H3046} to the king{H4430} the interpretation.{H6591}

Then{H116} was king{H4430} Belshazzar{H1113} greatly{H7690} troubled,{H927} and his countenance{H2122} was changed{H8133} in him,{H5922} and his lords{H7261} were perplexed.{H7672}

[ Now] the queen{H4433} by reason{H6903} of the words{H4406} of the king{H4430} and his lords{H7261} came{H5954} into the banquet{H4961} house:{H1005} the queen{H4433} spake{H6032} and said,{H560} O king,{H4430} live{H2418} for ever;{H5957} let not{H409} thy thoughts{H7476} trouble{H927} thee, nor let thy countenance{H2122} be changed.{H8133}

There is{H383} a man{H1400} in thy kingdom,{H4437} in whom is the spirit{H7308} of the holy{H6922} gods;{H426} and in the days{H3118} of thy father{H2} light{H5094} and understanding{H7924} and wisdom,{H2452} like the wisdom{H2452} of the gods,{H426} were found{H7912} in him; and the king{H4430} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} thy father,{H2} the king,{H4430} [I say], thy father,{H2} made{H6966} him master{H7229} of the magicians,{H2749} enchanters,{H826} Chaldeans,{H3779} and soothsayers;{H1505}

forasmuch as{H6903} an excellent{H3493} spirit,{H7308} and knowledge,{H4486} and understanding,{H7924} interpreting{H6590} of dreams,{H2493} and showing{H263} of dark sentences,{H280} and dissolving{H8271} of doubts,{H7001} were found{H7912} in the same Daniel,{H1841} whom the king{H4430} named{H7761} Belteshazzar.{H1096} Now{H3705} let Daniel{H1841} be called,{H7123} and he will show{H2324} the interpretation.{H6591}

Then{H116} was Daniel{H1841} brought in{H5954} before{H6925} the king.{H4430} The king{H4430} spake{H6032} and said{H560} unto Daniel,{H1841} Art thou{H607} that Daniel,{H1841} who art of{H4481} the children{H1123} of the captivity{H1547} of Judah,{H3061} whom the king{H4430} my father{H2} brought{H858} out of{H4481} Judah?{H3061}

I have heard{H8086} of thee, that the spirit{H7308} of the gods{H426} is in thee,{H5922} and that light{H5094} and understanding{H7924} and excellent{H3493} wisdom{H2452} are found{H7912} in thee.

And now{H3705} the wise{H2445} men, the enchanters,{H826} have been brought{H5954} in before{H6925} me, that they should read{H7123} this{H1836} writing,{H3792} and make known{H3046} unto me the interpretation{H6591} thereof; but they could{H3546} not{H3809} show{H2324} the interpretation{H6591} of the thing.{H4406}

But I{H576} have heard{H8086} of thee,{H5922} that thou canst{H3202} give{H6590} interpretations,{H6591} and dissolve{H8271} doubts;{H7001} now{H3705} if{H2006} thou canst{H3202} read{H7123} the writing,{H3792} and make known{H3046} to me the interpretation{H6591} thereof, thou shalt be clothed{H3848} with purple,{H711} and have a chain{H2002} of gold{H1722} about{H5922} thy neck,{H6676} and shalt be the third{H8531} ruler{H7981} in the kingdom.{H4437}

Then{H116} Daniel{H1841} answered{H6032} and said{H560} before{H6925} the king,{H4430} Let thy gifts{H4978} be{H1934} to thyself, and give{H3052} thy rewards{H5023} to another;{H321} nevertheless{H1297} I will read{H7123} the writing{H3792} unto the king,{H4430} and make known{H3046} to him the interpretation.{H6591}

O thou{H607} king,{H4430} the Most High{H5943} God{H426} gave{H3052} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} thy father{H2} the kingdom,{H4437} and greatness,{H7238} and glory,{H3367} and majesty:{H1923}

and because{H4481} of the greatness{H7238} that he gave{H3052} him, all{H3606} the peoples,{H5972} nations,{H524} and languages{H3961} trembled{H1934} and feared{H1763} before{H4481} him:{H6925} whom he would{H1934} he slew,{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he kept alive;{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he raised up,{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he put down.{H1934}

But when his heart{H3825} was lifted up,{H7313} and his spirit{H7308} was hardened{H8631} so that he dealt proudly,{H2103} he was deposed{H5182} from{H4481} his kingly{H4437} throne,{H3764} and they took{H5709} his glory{H3367} from him:{H4481}

and he was driven{H2957} from{H4481} the sons{H1123} of men,{H606} and his heart{H3825} was made{H7739} like{H5974} the beasts',{H2423} and his dwelling{H4070} was with the wild asses;{H6167} he was fed{H2939} with grass{H6211} like oxen,{H8450} and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647} with the dew{H2920} of heaven;{H8065} until{H5705} he knew{H3046} that the Most High{H5943} God{H426} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men,{H606} and that he setteth{H6966} up over{H5922} it whomsoever{H4479} he will.{H6634}

And thou{H607} his son,{H1247} O Belshazzar,{H1113} hast not{H3809} humbled{H8214} thy heart,{H3825} though{H6903} thou knewest{H3046} all{H3606} this,{H1836}

but hast lifted up{H7313} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven;{H8065} and they have brought{H858} the vessels{H3984} of his house{H1005} before{H6925} thee, and thou{H607} and thy lords,{H7261} thy wives{H7695} and thy concubines,{H3904} have drunk{H8355} wine{H2562} from them; and thou hast praised{H7624} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702} and gold,{H1722} of brass,{H5174} iron,{H6523} wood,{H636} and stone,{H69} which see{H2370} not,{H3809} nor{H3809} hear,{H8086} nor{H3809} know;{H3046} and the God{H426} in whose hand{H3028} thy breath{H5396} is, and whose are all{H3606} thy ways,{H735} hast thou not{H3809} glorified.{H1922}

Then{H116} was the part{H6447} of the hand{H3028} sent{H7972} from{H4481} before him,{H6925} and this{H1836} writing{H3792} was inscribed.{H7560}

And this{H1836} is the writing{H3792} that was inscribed:{H7560} MENE,{H4484} MENE,{H4484} TEKEL,{H8625} UPHARSIN.{H6537}

This{H1836} is the interpretation{H6591} of the thing:{H4406} MENE;{H4484} God{H426} hath numbered{H4483} thy kingdom,{H4437} and brought it to an end;{H8000}

TEKEL;{H8625} thou art weighed{H8625} in the balances,{H3977} and art found{H7912} wanting.{H2627}

PERES;{H6537} thy kingdom{H4437} is divided,{H6537} and given{H3052} to the Medes{H4076} and Persians.{H6540}

Then{H116} commanded{H560} Belshazzar,{H1113} and they clothed{H3848} Daniel{H1841} with purple,{H711} and put a chain{H2002} of gold{H1722} about{H5922} his neck,{H6676} and made proclamation{H3745} concerning{H5922} him, that he should be{H1934} the third{H8531} ruler{H7990} in the kingdom.{H4437}

In that night{H3916} Belshazzar{H1113} the Chaldean{H3779} King{H4430} was slain.{H6992}

And Darius{H1868} the Mede{H4077} received{H6902} the kingdom,{H4437} being about threescore{H8361} and two{H8648} years{H8140} old.{H1247}