Daniel 5:9

9 De sorte que le roi Belshatsar fut fort troublé, il changea de couleur et ses grands furent consternés.

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 Le roi cria avec force qu'on fît venir les astrologues, les Caldéens et les devins. Le roi prit la parole et dit aux sages de Babylone: Quiconque lira cette écriture et m'en donnera l'interprétation sera revêtu de pourpre, il aura un collier d'or à son cou, et sera le troisième dans le gouvernement du royaume.

8 Alors les sages du roi entrèrent; mais ils ne purent lire l'écriture, ni en donner au roi l'interprétation.

9 De sorte que le roi Belshatsar fut fort troublé, il changea de couleur et ses grands furent consternés.

10 La reine entra dans la salle du festin, à cause des paroles du roi et de ses grands. La reine prit la parole et dit: Roi, vis éternellement! que tes pensées ne te troublent point, et que ton visage ne change pas de couleur.

11 Il y a un homme dans ton royaume en qui est l'esprit des dieux saints; et du temps de ton père, on trouva en lui une lumière, une intelligence et une sagesse semblables à la sagesse des dieux; et le roi Nébucadnetsar ton père, - ton père, ô roi! - l'établit chef des magiciens, des astrologues, des Caldéens et des devins,