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Dan. 5:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thenv the king’s νcountenance πwas changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the ρjoints of his loins were loosed, and his kneesw smote one against another.

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Isa. 21:2‑4• ²A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
³Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
⁴My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me. (Isa. 21:2‑4)

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brightnesses,

Dan. 5:9• ⁹Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded. (Dan. 5:9)

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changed it.

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bindings, or, knots; or, girdles,

Isa. 5:27• ²⁷None among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken; (Isa. 5:27)

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Nah. 2:10• ¹⁰She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale. (Nah. 2:10)

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the king's.

Dan. 5:9• ⁹Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded. (Dan. 5:9)

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Dan. 2:1• ¹And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him. (Dan. 2:1)

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Dan. 3:19• ¹⁹Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated. (Dan. 3:19)

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Job 15:20‑27• ²⁰All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
²¹The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
²²He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
²³He wandereth abroad for bread,--where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
²⁴Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
²⁵For he hath stretched out his hand against *God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
²⁶He runneth against him, with outstretched neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
²⁷For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his flanks. (Job 15:20‑27)

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Job 20:19‑27• ¹⁹For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
²⁰Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
²¹Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
²²In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
²³It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
²⁴If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
²⁵He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
²⁶All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
²⁷The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. (Job 20:19‑27)

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Psa. 73:18‑20• ¹⁸Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
¹⁹How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
²⁰As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. (Psa. 73:18‑20)

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Isa. 21:2‑4• ²A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
³Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
⁴My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me. (Isa. 21:2‑4)

countenance.

Chal. brightness.

Dan. 5:9• ⁹Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded. (Dan. 5:9)

was changed.

Chal. changed it.

and his thoughts.

Dan. 5:10• ¹⁰--The queen, by reason of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet-house. The queen spoke and said, O king, live for ever! let not thy thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy countenance be changed. (Dan. 5:10)

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Dan. 4:5,19• ⁵I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
¹⁹Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, nor its interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and its interpretation to thine enemies! (Dan. 4:5,19)

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Dan. 7:28• ²⁸So far is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my countenance was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart. (Dan. 7:28)

so that.

Psa. 69:23• ²³Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake. (Psa. 69:23)

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Isa. 13:7‑8• ⁷Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,
⁸and they shall be terrified: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall writhe as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as flames. (Isa. 13:7‑8)

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Isa. 21:3‑4• ³Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
⁴My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me. (Isa. 21:3‑4)

joints.

or, girdles.

Isa. 5:27• ²⁷None among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken; (Isa. 5:27)

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bindings, or knots.

and his knees.

Isa. 35:3• ³Strengthen the weak hands and confirm the tottering knees. (Isa. 35:3)

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Ezek. 7:17• ¹⁷All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall melt into water. (Ezek. 7:17)

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Ezek. 21:7• ⁷And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 21:7)

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Nah. 2:10• ¹⁰She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale. (Nah. 2:10)

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Heb. 12:12• ¹²Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees; (Heb. 12:12)

• Conscience now, spite of the king’s surroundings, asserted its office....He had girded himself to challenge the omnipotent God; and the moment the challenge was accepted, before the blow had been struck, his heart failed him under the awful apprehension of coming judgment. (“Daniel 5” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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