Daniel 5:6

New Century Version

King Belshazzar was very frightened. His face turned white, his knees knocked together, and he could not stand up because his legs were too weak.

Cross References

Psalm 22:14

My strength is gone, like water poured out onto the ground, and my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it has melted inside me.

Psalm 69:23

Let their eyes be closed so they cannot see and their backs be forever weak from troubles.

Isaiah 35:3

Make the weak hands strong and the weak knees steady.

Isaiah 5:27

Not one of them becomes tired or falls down. Not one of them gets sleepy and falls asleep. Their weapons are close at hand, and their sandal straps are not broken.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon heard about those armies, and he became helpless with fear. Distress has gripped him. His pain is like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.

Ezekiel 21:7

When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will say, ‘Because of what I have heard is going to happen. When it happens, every heart will melt with fear, and all hands will become weak. Everyone will be afraid; all knees will become weak as water. Look, it is coming, and it will happen, says the Lord God.’ ”

Ezekiel 7:17

All hands will hang weakly with fear, and all knees will become weak as water.

Daniel 2:1

During Nebuchadnezzar’s second year as king, he had dreams that bothered him and kept him awake at night.

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he changed his mind. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar, was very quiet for a while, because his understanding of the dream frightened him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its meaning make you afraid.” Then Belteshazzar answered, “My master, I wish the dream were about your enemies, and I wish its meaning were for those who are against you!

Daniel 4:5

but I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying on my bed, I saw pictures and visions in my mind that alarmed me.

Daniel 5:5

Suddenly the fingers of a person’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

Daniel 7:28

“That was the end of the dream. I, Daniel, was very afraid. My face became white from fear, but I kept everything to myself.”

Nahum 2:10

Nineveh is robbed, ruined, and destroyed. The people lose their courage, and their knees knock. Stomachs ache, and everyone’s face grows pale.

Hebrews 12:12

You have become weak, so make yourselves strong again.