3
Then they
brought the
golden vessels that were
taken out
of the
temple of the
house of
God which was at
Jerusalem; and the
king, and his
princes, his
wives, and his
concubines, drank in them.
5
In the same
hour came
forth 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 .
8
Then came in
all the
king's wise men: but they
could not read the
writing, nor make
known to the
king the
interpretation thereof.
10
Now the
queen, by
reason of the
words of the
king and his
lords, came into the
banquet house: and the
queen spake and
said , O
king, live for
ever: let
not thy
thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy
countenance be
changed :
11
There
is a
man in thy
kingdom, in whom is the
spirit of the
holy gods; and in the
days of thy
father light 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 master of the
magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and
soothsayers ;
13
Then was
Daniel brought
in before the
king. And the
king spake and
said unto
Daniel, Art
thou that
Daniel, which art
of the
children of the
captivity of
Judah, whom the
king my
father brought out
of Jewry?
14
I have even
heard of thee, that the
spirit of the
gods is in
thee, and that
light and
understanding and
excellent wisdom is
found in thee.
15
And
now the
wise men, the
astrologers, have been
brought in
before me, that they should
read this writing, and make
known unto me the
interpretation thereof: but they
could not shew the
interpretation of the
thing:
16
And
I have
heard of
thee, that thou
canst make interpretations, and
dissolve doubts: now if thou
canst read the
writing, and make
known to me the
interpretation thereof, thou shalt be
clothed with
scarlet, and have a
chain of
gold about thy
neck, and shalt be the
third ruler in the
kingdom.
17
Then Daniel answered and
said before the
king, Let thy
gifts be to thyself, and
give thy
rewards to
another; yet I will
read the
writing unto the
king, and make
known to him the
interpretation.
19
And
for the
majesty that he
gave him,
all people, nations, and
languages, trembled * and
feared before him: whom he
would * he
slew * ; and whom he
would * he kept
alive * ; and whom he
would * he set
up * ; and whom he
would * he put
down * .
20
But when his
heart was lifted
up , and his
mind hardened in
pride , he was
deposed from his
kingly throne, and they
took his
glory from
him:
21
And he was
driven from the
sons of
men; and his
heart was
made like the
beasts, and his
dwelling was with the wild
asses: they
fed him with
grass like
oxen, and his
body was
wet with the
dew of
heaven; till he
knew that the most
high God ruled in the
kingdom of
men, and that he
appointeth over it
whomsoever he
will .
23
But hast lifted
up thyself
against the
Lord of
heaven; and they have
brought the
vessels of his
house before thee, and
thou, and thy
lords, thy
wives, and thy
concubines, have
drunk wine in them; and thou hast
praised the
gods of
silver, and
gold, of
brass, iron, wood, and
stone, which
see not, nor hear ,
nor know : and the
God in whose
hand thy
breath is, and whose are
all thy
ways, hast thou
not glorified :
25
And
this is the
writing that was
written ,
MENE ,
MENE ,
TEKEL ,
UPHARSIN .