Daniel 5:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ Then the sovereign’s colour changed, and his thoughts alarmed him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his knees knocked against each other.

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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

Nahum 2:10

She is empty, even emptiness and waste! And the heart has melted, and the knees have knocked together, and much pain is in all loins, and all their faces have become flushed.

Daniel 7:28

“This is the end of the matter. As for me, Dani’ĕl, my thoughts greatly alarmed me, and my colour changed. And I kept the matter in my heart.”

Ezekiel 7:17

All hands go limp, and all knees become as water.

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream and it frightened me, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head alarmed me.

Ezekiel 21:7

“And it shall be when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the report that is coming. And every heart shall melt, and all hands shall go limp, and every spirit become faint, and all knees be weak as water. See, it is coming, and it shall be,’ declares the Master יהוה.”

Psalm 69:23

Let their eyes be darkened, so as not to see; And make their loins shake continually.

Daniel 4:19

Then Dani’ĕl, whose name was Bĕlteshatstsar, was stunned for a short time, and his thoughts alarmed him. The sovereign responded and said, “Bĕlteshatstsar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” Bĕlteshatstsar answered and said, “My master, the dream is to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!

Hebrews 12:12

So, strengthen the hands which hang down and the weak knees,

Daniel 3:19

Then Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar was filled with wrath, and the expression on his face changed toward Shaḏraḵ, Mĕyshaḵ, and Aḇĕḏ-Neḡo. He responded and gave orders that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usual to heat it.

Daniel 2:1

And in the second year of the reign of Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar, Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar had dreams. And his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him.

Isaiah 35:3

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

Isaiah 5:27

Not one of them is weary or stumbling, not one slumbers or sleeps. Not a belt shall be loosened on their loins, nor the thong of their sandals be broken.

Psalm 22:14

I have been poured out like water, And all My bones have been spread apart; My heart has become like wax; It has melted in the midst of My inward parts.

Daniel 5:5

At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the sovereign’s palace. And the sovereign saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Jeremiah 50:43

“The sovereign of Baḇel has heard the report about them, and his hands became weak. Distress has taken hold of him, pain like that of a woman in labour.