Belshazzar{H1113} the king{H4430} made{H5648}{(H8754)} a great{H7229} feast{H3900} to a thousand{H506} of his lords{H7261}, and drank{H8355}{(H8750)} wine{H2562} before{H6903} the thousand{H506}.

Belshazzar{H1113}, whiles he tasted{H2942} the wine{H2562}, commanded{H560}{(H8754)} to bring{H858}{(H8682)} the golden{H1722} and silver{H3702} vessels{H3984} which his father{H2} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} had taken{H5312}{(H8684)} out of{H4481} the temple{H1965} which was in Jerusalem{H3390}; that the king{H4430}, and his princes{H7261}, his wives{H7695}, and his concubines{H3904}, might drink{H8355}{(H8748)} therein.

Then{H116} they brought{H858}{(H8684)} the golden{H1722} vessels{H3984} that were taken{H5312}{(H8684)} out of{H4481} the temple{H1965} of the house{H1005} of God{H426} which was at Jerusalem{H3390}; and the king{H4430}, and his princes{H7261}, his wives{H7695}, and his concubines{H3904}, drank{H8355}{(H8754)} in them.

They drank{H8355}{(H8754)} wine{H2562}, and praised{H7624}{(H8745)} 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}{(H8754)} fingers{H677} of a man's{H606} hand{H3028}, and wrote{H3790}{(H8751)} over against{H6903} the candlestick{H5043} upon{H5922} the plaister{H1528} of the wall{H3797} of the king's{H4430} palace{H1965}: and the king{H4430} saw{H2370}{(H8751)} the part{H6447} of the hand{H3028} that wrote{H3790}{(H8751)}.

Then{H116} the king's{H4430} countenance{H2122} was changed{H8133}{(H8754)}, and his thoughts{H7476} troubled{H927}{(H8792)} him, so that the joints{H7001} of his loins{H2783} were loosed{H8271}{(H8723)}, and his knees{H755} smote{H5368}{(H8750)} one{H1668} against another{H1668}.

The king{H4430} cried{H7123}{(H8748)} aloud{H2429} to bring{H5954}{(H8682)} in the astrologers{H826}, the Chaldeans{H3779}, and the soothsayers{H1505}{(H8750)}. And the king{H4430} spake{H6032}{(H8750)}, and said{H560}{(H8750)} to the wise{H2445} men of Babylon{H895}, Whosoever{H606}{H3606} shall read{H7123}{(H8751)} this{H1836} writing{H3792}, and shew{H2324}{(H8741)} me the interpretation{H6591} thereof, shall be clothed{H3848}{(H8748)} with scarlet{H711}, and have a chain{H2002} of gold{H1722} about{H5922} his neck{H6676}, and shall be the third{H8523} ruler{H7981}{(H8748)} in the kingdom{H4437}.

Then{H116} came{H5954}{(H8750)} in all{H3606} the king's{H4430} wise{H2445} men: but they could{H3546}{(H8751)} not{H3809} read{H7123}{(H8749)} the writing{H3792}, nor make known{H3046}{(H8682)} to the king{H4430} the interpretation{H6591} thereof.

Then{H116} was king{H4430} Belshazzar{H1113} greatly{H7690} troubled{H927}{(H8727)}, and his countenance{H2122} was changed{H8133}{(H8750)} in him{H5922}, and his lords{H7261} were astonied{H7672}{(H8723)}.

Now the queen{H4433}, by reason{H6903} of the words{H4406} of the king{H4430} and his lords{H7261}, came{H5954}{(H8754)} into the banquet{H4961} house{H1005}: and the queen{H4433} spake{H6032}{(H8754)} and said{H560}{(H8754)}, O king{H4430}, live{H2418}{(H8747)} for ever{H5957}: let not{H409} thy thoughts{H7476} trouble{H927}{(H8792)} thee, nor let thy countenance{H2122} be changed{H8133}{(H8721)}:

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}, was found{H7912}{(H8728)} in him; whom the king{H4430} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} thy father{H2}, the king{H4430}, I say, thy father{H2}, made{H6966}{(H8684)} master{H7229} of the magicians{H2749}, astrologers{H826}, Chaldeans{H3779}, and soothsayers{H1505}{(H8750)};

Forasmuch as{H6903}{H3606} an excellent{H3493} spirit{H7308}, and knowledge{H4486}, and understanding{H7924}, interpreting{H6590}{(H8743)} of dreams{H2493}, and shewing{H263} of hard sentences{H280}, and dissolving{H8271}{(H8743)} of doubts{H7001}, were found{H7912}{(H8728)} in the same Daniel{H1841}, whom the king{H4430} named{H7761}{(H8754)}{H8036} Belteshazzar{H1096}: now{H3705} let Daniel{H1841} be called{H7123}{(H8729)}, and he will shew{H2324}{(H8681)} the interpretation{H6591}.

Then{H116} was Daniel{H1841} brought in{H5954}{(H8717)} before{H6925} the king{H4430}. And the king{H4430} spake{H6032}{(H8750)} and said{H560}{(H8750)} unto Daniel{H1841}, Art thou{H607} that Daniel{H1841}, which art of{H4481} the children{H1123} of the captivity{H1547} of Judah{H3061}, whom the king{H4430} my father{H2} brought{H858}{(H8684)} out of{H4481} Jewry{H3061}?

I have even heard{H8086}{(H8754)} 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} is found{H7912}{(H8728)} in thee.

And now{H3705} the wise{H2445} men, the astrologers{H826}, have been brought{H5954}{(H8717)} in before{H6925} me, that they should read{H7123}{(H8748)} this{H1836} writing{H3792}, and make known{H3046}{(H8682)} unto me the interpretation{H6591} thereof: but they could{H3546}{(H8751)} not{H3809} shew{H2324}{(H8682)} the interpretation{H6591} of the thing{H4406}:

And I{H576} have heard{H8086}{(H8754)} of thee{H5922}, that thou canst{H3202}{(H8748)} make{H6590}{(H8749)} interpretations{H6591}, and dissolve{H8271}{(H8749)} doubts{H7001}: now{H3705} if{H2006} thou canst{H3202}{(H8748)} read{H7123}{(H8749)} the writing{H3792}, and make known{H3046}{(H8682)} to me the interpretation{H6591} thereof, thou shalt be clothed{H3848}{(H8748)} with scarlet{H711}, and have a chain{H2002} of gold{H1722} about{H5922} thy neck{H6676}, and shalt be the third{H8531} ruler{H7981}{(H8748)} in the kingdom{H4437}.

Then{H116} Daniel{H1841} answered{H6032}{(H8750)} and said{H560}{(H8750)} before{H6925} the king{H4430}, Let thy gifts{H4978} be{H1934}{(H8748)} to thyself, and give{H3052}{(H8747)} thy rewards{H5023} to another{H321}; yet{H1297} I will read{H7123}{(H8748)} the writing{H3792} unto the king{H4430}, and make known{H3046}{(H8681)} to him the interpretation{H6591}.

O thou{H607} king{H4430}, the most high{H5943} God{H426} gave{H3052}{(H8754)} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} thy father{H2} a kingdom{H4437}, and majesty{H7238}, and glory{H3367}, and honour{H1923}:

And for{H4481} the majesty{H7238} that he gave{H3052}{(H8754)} him, all{H3606} people{H5972}, nations{H524}, and languages{H3961}, trembled{H1934}{(H8754)}{H2112} and feared{H1763}{(H8751)} before{H4481} him{H6925}: whom he would{H1934}{(H8754)}{H6634}{(H8750)} he slew{H1934}{(H8754)}{H6992}{(H8751)}; and whom he would{H1934}{(H8754)}{H6634}{(H8750)} he kept alive{H1934}{(H8754)}{H2418}{(H8683)}; and whom he would{H1934}{(H8754)}{H6634}{(H8750)} he set up{H1934}{(H8754)}{H7313}{(H8683)}; and whom he would{H1934}{(H8754)}{H6634}{(H8750)} he put down{H1934}{(H8754)}{H8214}{(H8683)}.

But when his heart{H3825} was lifted up{H7313}{(H8752)}, and his mind{H7308} hardened{H8631}{(H8748)} in pride{H2103}{(H8682)}, he was deposed{H5182}{(H8717)} from{H4481} his kingly{H4437} throne{H3764}, and they took{H5709}{(H8684)} his glory{H3367} from him{H4481}:

And he was driven{H2957}{(H8752)} from{H4481} the sons{H1123} of men{H606}; and his heart{H3825} was made{H7739}{(H8745)} like{H5974} the beasts{H2423}, and his dwelling{H4070} was with the wild asses{H6167}: they fed{H2939}{(H8748)} him with grass{H6211} like oxen{H8450}, and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647}{(H8721)} with the dew{H2920} of heaven{H8065}; till{H5705} he knew{H3046}{(H8754)} that the most high{H5943} God{H426} ruled{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men{H606}, and that he appointeth{H6966}{(H8681)} over{H5922} it whomsoever{H4479} he will{H6634}{(H8748)}.

And thou{H607} his son{H1247}, O Belshazzar{H1113}, hast not{H3809} humbled{H8214}{(H8684)} thine heart{H3825}, though{H6903} thou knewest{H3046}{(H8754)} all{H3606} this{H1836};

But hast lifted up{H7313}{(H8712)} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven{H8065}; and they have brought{H858}{(H8684)} 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}{(H8750)} wine{H2562} in them; and thou hast praised{H7624}{(H8745)} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702}, and gold{H1722}, of brass{H5174}, iron{H6523}, wood{H636}, and stone{H69}, which see{H2370}{(H8751)} not{H3809}, nor{H3809} hear{H8086}{(H8750)}, nor{H3809} know{H3046}{(H8751)}: 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}{(H8745)}:

Then{H116} was the part{H6447} of the hand{H3028} sent{H7972}{(H8750)} from{H4481} him{H6925}; and this{H1836} writing{H3792} was written{H7560}{(H8752)}.

And this{H1836} is the writing{H3792} that was written{H7560}{(H8752)}, MENE{H4484}{(H8752)}, MENE{H4484}{(H8752)}, TEKEL{H8625}{(H8752)}, UPHARSIN{H6537}{(H8751)}.

This{H1836} is the interpretation{H6591} of the thing{H4406}: MENE{H4484}{(H8752)}; God{H426} hath numbered{H4483}{(H8754)} thy kingdom{H4437}, and finished{H8000}{(H8684)} it.

TEKEL{H8625}{(H8752)}; Thou art weighed{H8625}{(H8760)} in the balances{H3977}, and art found{H7912}{(H8728)} wanting{H2627}.

PERES{H6537}{(H8752)}; Thy kingdom{H4437} is divided{H6537}{(H8752)}, and given{H3052}{(H8753)} to the Medes{H4076} and Persians{H6540}.

Then{H116} commanded{H560}{(H8754)} Belshazzar{H1113}, and they clothed{H3848}{(H8684)} Daniel{H1841} with scarlet{H711}, and put a chain{H2002} of gold{H1722} about{H5922} his neck{H6676}, and made a proclamation{H3745}{(H8684)} concerning{H5922} him, that he should be{H1934}{(H8748)} the third{H8531} ruler{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437}.

In that night{H3916} was Belshazzar{H1113} the king{H4430} of the Chaldeans{H3779} slain{H6992}{(H8752)}.

And Darius{H1868} the Median{H4077} took{H6902}{(H8745)} the kingdom{H4437}, being about threescore{H8361} and two{H8648} years{H8140} old{H1247}.