Daniel 5:9

9 Diante disso o rei Belsazar ficou ainda mais aterrorizado e o seu rosto, mais pálido. Seus nobres estavam alarmados.

Daniel 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:9

Then was King Belshazzar greatly troubled
A second time, and perhaps more than before; since he had conceived some hope that his wise men would have informed him what this writing was, and the meaning of it; but finding that they were nonplussed by it, it gave him still greater uneasiness: and his countenance was changed in him;
again; very likely, upon the coming in of the wise men, he had a little recovered himself, and became more composed and serene; which appeared in his countenance; but, upon this disappointment, his countenance changed again, and he turned pale, and looked ghastly: and his lords were astonished;
were in the utmost consternation and confusion, when they understood that the writing could neither be read nor interpreted; neither the dignity of their station, nor their numbers, nor their liquor, could keep up their spirits; so that the king had not one with him, to speak a comfortable word to him, or give him any advice in this his time of distress; they were all in the same condition with himself.

Daniel 5:9 In-Context

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.

9 Diante disso o rei Belsazar ficou ainda mais aterrorizado e o seu rosto, mais pálido. Seus nobres estavam alarmados.

10 Tendo a rainha ouvido os gritos do rei e dos seus nobres, entrou na sala do banquete e disse: “Ó rei, vive para sempre! Não fiques assustado nem tão pálido!

11 Existe um homem em teu reino que possui o espírito dos santos deuses. Na época do teu predecessor verificou-se que ele era um iluminado e tinha inteligência e sabedoria como a dos deuses. O rei Nabucodonosor, teu predecessor—sim, o teu predecessor—o nomeou chefe dos magos, dos encantadores, dos astrólogos e dos adivinhos.