Daniel 5:6

6 Seu rosto ficou pálido, e ele ficou tão assustado que os seus joelhos batiam um no outro e as suas pernas vacilaram.

Daniel 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.

Daniel 5:6 In-Context

4 Enquanto bebiam o vinho, louvavam os deuses de ouro, de prata, de bronze, de ferro, de madeira e de pedra.

5 Mas, de repente apareceram dedos de mão humana que começaram a escrever no reboco da parede, na parte mais iluminada do palácio real. O rei observou a mão enquanto ela escrevia.

6 Seu rosto ficou pálido, e ele ficou tão assustado que os seus joelhos batiam um no outro e as suas pernas vacilaram.

7 Aos gritos, o rei mandou chamar os encantadores, os astrólogos e os adivinhos e disse a esses sábios da Babilônia: “Aquele que ler essa inscrição e interpretá-la, revelando-me o seu significado, vestirá um manto vermelho, terá uma corrente de ouro no pescoço e será o terceiro em importância no governo do reino”.

8 Todos os sábios do rei vieram, mas não conseguiram ler a inscrição nem dizer ao rei o seu significado.