Daniel 5:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Suddenly, opposite the lampstand, the fingers of a human hand appeared, writing on the plaster of the wall in the king’s palace. When the king saw the hand that wrote,

Cross References

Job 20:5

The triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the impious but for a moment?

Proverbs 29:1

Those stiff-necked in the face of reproof in an instant will be shattered beyond cure.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon hears news of them, and his hands hang helpless; Anguish takes hold of him, like the pangs of a woman giving birth.

Daniel 4:31

When this period was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes to heaven; my reason was restored to me, and I blessed the Most High, I praised and glorified the One who lives forever, Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and whose kingdom endures through all generations.

Daniel 4:33

At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and my splendor returned to me. My counselors and nobles sought me out; I was restored to my kingdom and became much greater than before.

Daniel 5:15

The wise men and enchanters were brought in to me to read this writing and tell me its meaning, but they could not say what the words meant.

Daniel 5:4

wine from them, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

Daniel 5:6

his face became pale; his thoughts terrified him, his hip joints shook, and his knees knocked.

Daniel 5:8

But though all the king’s wise men came in, none of them could either read the writing or tell the king what it meant.

Colossians 2:14

obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross;