Dànyǐlǐshū 5:6

6 Jiù biàn le liǎnsè , xīnyì jīng huáng , yào gú hǎoxiàng tuō jié , shuāng xī bǐcǐ xiāng pèng ,

Dànyǐlǐshū 5:6 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:6

Then the kings countenance changed
Or, "his brightness" {l}; his ruddy countenance, his florid looks, his gay airs; all his jollity and mirth, that appeared in his face, were changed into paleness, sadness, and confusion: and his thoughts troubled him;
what should be the meaning of this; perhaps he might immediately fear it presaged ruin and destruction to him; the sins of his former life might at once come into his thoughts, and those particularly he had now been guilty of; his luxury and intemperance, his idolatry and profanation of the vessels of the sanctuary, which his conscience might accuse him of, and give him great distress and trouble: so that the joints of his loins were loosed;
or, "the girdles of his loins" ^F13; which were loosed or broke, through the agitation he was in; or he was all over in a sweat, so that he was obliged to loose his girdle; or, as persons in great fear and consternation, he was seized with a pain in his back; it opened as it were; nor could he hold his urine; as Grotius and others; see ( Isaiah 45:1 ) , where this seems to be prophesied of: and his knees smote one against another;
as is the case of persons in a great tremor, or under a panic. "Et subito genua intremuere timore".--Ovid.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (yhwyz) "splendores ejus", Montanus, Vatablus, Michaelis.
F13 (hurx yrjq) "cingula lumborum ejus", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius.

Dànyǐlǐshū 5:6 In-Context

4 Tāmen yǐn jiǔ , zànmĕi jīn , yín , tóng , tiĕ , mù , shí suǒ zào de shén .

5 Dāngshí , hū yǒu rén de zhítou xiǎn chū , zaì wánggōng yǔ dēngtái xiāngduì de fĕn qiáng shang xiĕ zì . wáng kànjian xiĕ zì de zhítou ,

6 Jiù biàn le liǎnsè , xīnyì jīng huáng , yào gú hǎoxiàng tuō jié , shuāng xī bǐcǐ xiāng pèng ,

7 Dàshēng fēnfu jiāng yòng fǎshù de hé Jiālèdǐ rén bìng guān zhào de lǐng jìnlái , duì Bābǐlún de zhé shì shuō , shuí néng dòu zhè wén zì , bǎ jiǎngjiĕ gàosu wǒ , tā bì shēn chuān zǐ paó , xiàng daì jīn liàn , zaì wǒ guó zhōng wèi liè dì sān .

8 Yúshì wáng de yīqiè zhé shì dōu jìnlái , què bùnéng dòu nà wén zì , yĕ bùnéng bǎ jiǎngjiĕ gàosu wáng .