Daniel 5:5
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In the same hour there appeared fingers, as it were of the hand of a man, writing over against the candlestick, upon the surface of the wall of the king's palace: and the king beheld the joints of the hand that wrote.

the same.

Daniel 4:31,33 Now at the end of the days, I, Nabuchodonosor, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my sense was restored to me: and I blessed the most High, and I praised and glorified him that liveth for ever: for his power is an everlasting power, and his kingdom is to all generations. . . .

Job 20:5 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

Psalm 78:30,31 they were not defrauded of that which they craved. As yet their meat was in their mouth: . . .

Proverbs 29:1 The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him.

Luke 12:19,20 And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:2,3 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night. . . .

wrote.

Daniel 5:8,15,24-28 Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could neither read the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king. . . .

Colossians 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of the decree that was against us, which was contrary to us. And he hath taken the same out of the way, fastening it to the cross.

Revelation 20:12-15 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne. And the books were opened: and another book was opened, which was the book of life. And the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works. . . .

Context
The Handwriting on the Wall
5In the same hour there appeared fingers, as it were of the hand of a man, writing over against the candlestick, upon the surface of the wall of the king's palace: and the king beheld the joints of the hand that wrote.6Then was the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him: and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.…
Cross References
Daniel 5:4
They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone.

Daniel 5:6
Then was the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him: and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.

Daniel 5:24
Wherefore, he hath sent the part of the hand which hath written this that is set down.

Lexicon
At
בַּהּ־ (bah-)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

that moment
שַׁעֲתָ֗ה (ša·‘ă·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 8160: A brief time, moment

the fingers
אֶצְבְּעָן֙ (’eṣ·bə·‘ān)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 677: Something to sieze with, a finger, a toe

of
דִּ֣י (dî)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: Who, which, that, because

a human
אֱנָ֔שׁ (’ĕ·nāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 606: Man, mankind

hand
יַד־ (yaḏ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3028: A hand

appeared
נְפַ֙קָה֙ (nə·p̄a·qāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5312: To go or come out or forth

and wrote
וְכָֽתְבָן֙ (wə·ḵā·ṯə·ḇān)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3790: To grave, to write

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5922: Above, over, upon, against

the plaster
גִּירָ֕א (gî·rā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 1528: Chalk, plaster

of
דִּֽי־ (dî-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: Who, which, that, because

the wall,
כְתַ֥ל (ḵə·ṯal)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3797: A wall

near
לָקֳבֵ֣ל (lā·qo·ḇêl)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 6903: In front of, before, because of, because that

the lampstand
נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔א (neḇ·raš·tā)
Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 5043: A light, plural, a chandelier

in
דִּ֣י (dî)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: Who, which, that, because

the royal
מַלְכָּ֑א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king

palace.
הֵיכְלָ֖א (hê·ḵə·lā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 1965: A large public building, palace, temple

As the king
וּמַלְכָּ֣א (ū·mal·kā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king

watched
חָזֵ֔ה (ḥā·zêh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2370: To gaze upon, mentally to dream, be usual

the hand
פַּ֥ס (pas)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6447: Palm (of the hand)

that
דִּ֥י (dî)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: Who, which, that, because

was writing,
כָתְבָֽה׃ (ḵā·ṯə·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3790: To grave, to write


Additional Translations
At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote in front of the lamp on the plaster of the wall of the king's house: and the king saw the knuckles of the hand that wrote.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

In that hour come forth have fingers of a man's hand, and they are writing over-against the candlestick, on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king is seeing the extremity of the hand that is writing;
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