Daniel 5:5–12

^5lIn the same hour ^mcame forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon ⁿthe plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw ^othe part of the hand that wrote. ⁶Then the king’s ^p†countenance ^†was changed, and ^pqhis thoughts troubled him, so that ^rthe ^||†joints of ^sthis loins were loosed, and ^this knees smote one against another. ^7uThe king cried ^†aloud to bring in ^vythe astrologers, ^wythe Chaldeans, and ^xythe soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to ^zthe wise men of Babylon, ^aWhosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, ^ashall be clothed with ^||scarlet, and ^ahave a chain of gold about his neck, and ^abshall be the third ruler in the kingdom. ⁸Then came in all the king’s wise men: but ^cthey could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. ⁹Then was king Belshazzar ^dgreatly troubled, and his ^†countenance was changed in him, and his ^elords were astonied.

¹⁰Now ^fthe queen, by reason of the words of the king and his ^elords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, ^gO king, live for ever: let not ^hthy thoughts trouble thee, nor let ^hthy countenance be changed: ¹¹ⁱThere is a man in thy kingdom, ⁱⁱin whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy ^||father ^jlight and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy ^||father, the king, I say, thy father, made ^kmaster of the magicians, ^lastrologers, ^lChaldeans, and ^lsoothsayers; ^12mForasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, ^||interpreting of ⁿdreams, and ^oshewing of ^phard sentences, and ^||dissolving of ^†doubts, were found in the same Daniel, ^qwhom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.