Daniel 5:6 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁶ Then the king's face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Then the color and the [drunken] hilarious brightness of the king's face was changed, and his [terrifying] thoughts troubled and alarmed him; the joints and muscles of his hips and back gave way and his knees smote together.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Then the king’s countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

Common English Bible

⁶ The king’s mood changed immediately, and he was deeply disturbed. He felt weak, and his knees were shaking.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts disturbed him, and he lost his self-control, and his knees knocked against one other.

Daniel 5:6 Cross References

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;

Psalm 69:23

Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually.

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 5:27

None of them is weary, none stumbles, none slumbers or sleeps, not a loincloth is loose, not a sandal-thong broken;

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon heard news of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Ezekiel 21:7

And when they say to you, “Why do you moan?” you shall say, “Because of the news that has come. Every heart will melt and all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will turn to water. See, it comes and it will be fulfilled,” says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 7:17

All hands shall grow feeble, all knees turn to water.

Daniel 2:1

In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed such dreams that his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up seven times more than was customary,

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar, was severely distressed for a while. His thoughts terrified him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or the interpretation terrify you.” Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation for your enemies!

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream that frightened me; my fantasies in bed and the visions of my head terrified me.

Daniel 5:5

Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall of the royal palace, next to the lampstand. The king was watching the hand as it wrote.

Daniel 7:28

Here the account ends. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly terrified me, and my face turned pale; but I kept the matter in my mind.

Nahum 2:10

Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts faint and knees tremble, all loins quake, all faces grow pale!

Hebrews 12:12

Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,