Daniel 5:13-31 - ESV Bible - Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The...

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting

13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, "You are that Daniel, one of ¹the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah.

14 I have heard of you that ²the spirit of the gods^a is in you, and that ³light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

15 Now ⁴the wise men, the ⁵enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but ⁶they could not show the interpretation of the matter.

16 ⁷But I have heard that you can give interpretations and ⁸solve problems. ⁹Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, ¹⁰you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and ¹¹shall be the third ruler in the kingdom."

17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, ¹²"Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.

18 O king, the ¹³Most High God ¹⁴gave ¹⁵Nebuchadnezzar your father ¹⁶kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.

19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, ¹⁷all peoples, nations, and languages ¹⁸trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.

20 But ¹⁹when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ²⁰he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

21 ²¹He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, ²²until he knew that the ²³Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will.

22 And you his son,^b²⁴Belshazzar, ²⁵have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

23 but you have lifted up yourself against ²⁶the Lord of heaven. And ²⁷the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. ²⁸And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, ²⁹but the God in whose hand is your breath, and ³⁰whose are all your ways, ³¹you have not honored.

24 "Then from his presence ³²the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.

25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN.

26 This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered^c the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;

27 TEKEL, ³³you have been weighed^d in the balances and found wanting;

28 PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to ³⁴the Medes and ³⁵Persians."^e

29 Then ³⁶Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel ³⁷was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 ³⁸That very night ³⁹Belshazzar the ⁴⁰Chaldean king was killed.

31 ^f And ⁴¹Darius ⁴²the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Daniel 5:13 Então Daniel foi introduzido � presença do rei. Falou o rei, e disse � Daniel: És tu aquele Daniel, um dos cativos de Judá, que o rei, meu pai, trouxe de Judá?

King James Version KJV

Daniel 5:13 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?

New King James Version NKJV

Daniel 5:13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke, and said to Daniel, "Are you that Daniel who is one of the captives from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

Daniel 5:13 Assim Daniel foi levado à presença do rei, que lhe disse: “Você é Daniel, um dos exilados que meu pai, o rei, trouxe de Judá?

Daniel 5:13-31 ESV