Daniel 5:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing.

Cross References

Job 20:5

That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

Proverbs 29:1

A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

Daniel 4:31

While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:

Daniel 4:33

That very hour the order about Nebuchadnezzar was put into effect: and he was sent out from among men, and had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair became long as eagles' feathers and his nails like those of birds.

Daniel 5:15

And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:

Daniel 5:4

They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.

Daniel 5:6

Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.

Daniel 5:8

Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.

Colossians 2:14

Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross;