<vn='1'><sn="1113">Belshazzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="5648">made</s> a <sn="7229">great</s><sn="3900">feast</s> to a <sn="506">thousand</s> of his <sn="7261">lords</s>, and <sn="8355">drank</s><sn="2562">wine</s><sn="6903">before</s> the <sn="506">thousand</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1113">Belshazzar</s>, while he <sn="2942">tasted</s> the <sn="2562">wine</s>, <sn="560">commanded</s> to <sn="858">bring</s> the <sn="1722">golden</s> and <sn="3702">silver</s><sn="3984">vessels</s><sn="1768">which</s> his <sn="2">father</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> had taken <sn="5312">out</s><sn="4481">of</s> the <sn="1965">temple</s><sn="1768">which</s> was in <sn="3390">Jerusalem</s>; that the <sn="4430">king</s>, and his <sn="7261">princes</s>, his <sn="7695">wives</s>, and his <sn="3904">concubines</s>, might <sn="8355">drink</s> therein. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="116">Then</s> they <sn="858">brought</s> the <sn="1722">golden</s><sn="3984">vessels</s><sn="1768">that</s> were taken <sn="5312">out</s><sn="4481">of</s> the <sn="1965">temple</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="1005">house</s> of <sn="426">God</s><sn="1768">which</s> was at <sn="3390">Jerusalem</s>; and the <sn="4430">king</s>, and his <sn="7261">princes</s>, his <sn="7695">wives</s>, and his <sn="3904">concubines</s>, <sn="8355">drank</s> in them. </v>
<vn='4'>They <sn="8355">drank</s><sn="2562">wine</s>, and <sn="7624">praised</s> the <sn="426">gods</s> of <sn="1722">gold</s>, and of <sn="3702">silver</s>, of <sn="5174">brass</s>, of <sn="6523">iron</s>, of <sn="636">wood</s>, and of <sn="69">stone</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>In the same <sn="8160">hour</s> came <sn="5312">forth</s><sn="677">fingers</s><sn="1768">of</s> a <sn="606">man</s> 's <sn="3028">hand</s>, and <sn="3790">wrote</s> over <sn="6903">against</s> the <sn="5043">candlestick</s><sn="5922">upon</s> the <sn="1528">plaster</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="3797">wall</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> 's <sn="1965">palace</s>: and the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="2370">saw</s> the <sn="6447">part</s> of the <sn="3028">hand</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="3790">wrote</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="116">Then</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> 's <sn="2122">countenance</s> was <sn="8133">changed</s>, and his <sn="7476">thoughts</s><sn="927">troubled</s> him, so that the <sn="7001">joints</s> of his <sn="2783">loins</s> were <sn="8271">loosed</s>, and his <sn="755">knees</s><sn="5368">smote</s><sn="1668">one</s> against <sn="1668">another</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>The <sn="4430">king</s><sn="7123">cried</s><sn="2429">aloud</s> to bring <sn="5924">in</s> the <sn="826">astrologers</s>, the <sn="3779">Chaldeans</s>, and the <sn="1505">soothsayers</s>. And the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="6032">spoke</s>, and <sn="560">said</s> to the <sn="2445">wise</s> men of <sn="895">Babylon</s>, <sn="3606 606 1768">Whosoever</s> shall <sn="7123">read</s><sn="1836">this</s><sn="3792">writing</s>, and <sn="2324">show</s> me the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> thereof, shall be <sn="3848">clothed</s> with <sn="711">scarlet</s>, and have a <sn="2002">chain</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="1722">gold</s><sn="5922">about</s> his <sn="6676">neck</s>, and shall be the third <sn="7981 8523">ruler</s> in the <sn="4437">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="116">Then</s> came <sn="5954">in</s><sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> 's <sn="2445">wise</s> men: but they <sn="3546">could</s><sn="3809">not</s><sn="7123">read</s> the <sn="3792">writing</s>, nor make <sn="3046">known</s> to the <sn="4430">king</s> the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="116">Then</s> was <sn="4430">king</s><sn="1113">Belshazzar</s><sn="7690">greatly</s><sn="927">troubled</s>, and his <sn="2122">countenance</s> was <sn="8133">changed</s><sn="5922">in</s> him, and his <sn="7261">lords</s> were <sn="7672">astonished</s>. </v>
<vn='10'> Now the <sn="4433">queen</s>, by reason <sn="6903">of</s> the <sn="4406">words</s> of the <sn="4430">king</s> and his <sn="7261">lords</s>, <sn="5954">came</s> into the <sn="4961">banquet</s><sn="1005">house</s>: and the <sn="4433">queen</s><sn="6032">spoke</s> and <sn="560">said</s>, O <sn="4430">king</s>, <sn="2418">live</s><sn="5957">forever</s>: let <sn="409">not</s> thy <sn="7476">thoughts</s><sn="927">trouble</s> thee, <sn="409">nor</s> let thy <sn="2122">countenance</s> be <sn="8133">changed</s>: </v>
<vn='11'>There <sn="383">is</s> a <sn="1400">man</s> in thy <sn="4437">kingdom</s>, in <sn="1768">whom</s> is the <sn="7308">spirit</s> of the <sn="6922">holy</s><sn="426">gods</s>; and in the <sn="3118">days</s> of thy <sn="2">father</s><sn="5094">light</s> and <sn="7924">understanding</s> and <sn="2452">wisdom</s>, like the <sn="2452">wisdom</s> of the <sn="426">gods</s>, was <sn="7912">found</s> in him; whom the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> thy <sn="2">father</s>, the <sn="4430">king</s>, I say, thy <sn="2">father</s>, <sn="6966">made</s><sn="7229">master</s> of the <sn="2749">magicians</s>, <sn="826">astrologers</s>, <sn="3779">Chaldeans</s>, and <sn="1505">soothsayers</s>; </v>
<vn='12'>Forasmuch <sn="3606 6903 1768">as</s> an <sn="3493">excellent</s><sn="7308">spirit</s>, and <sn="4486">knowledge</s>, and <sn="7924">understanding</s>, <sn="6591">interpreting</s> of <sn="2493">dreams</s>, and <sn="263">showing</s> of hard <sn="280">sentences</s>, and <sn="8271">dissolving</s> of <sn="7001">doubts</s>, were <sn="7912">found</s> in the same <sn="1841">Daniel</s>, <sn="1768">whom</s> the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="7761 8036">named</s><sn="1096">Belteshazzar</s>: <sn="3705">now</s> let <sn="1841">Daniel</s> be <sn="7123">called</s>, and he will <sn="2324">show</s> the <sn="6591">interpretation</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="116">Then</s> was <sn="1841">Daniel</s> brought <sn="5954">in</s><sn="6925">before</s> the <sn="4430">king</s>. And the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="6032">spoke</s> and <sn="560">said</s> unto <sn="1841">Daniel</s>, Art <sn="607">thou</s><sn="1932">that</s><sn="1841">Daniel</s>, <sn="1768">which</s> art <sn="4481">of</s> the <sn="1123">children</s> of the <sn="1547">captivity</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="3061">Judah</s>, <sn="1768">whom</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> my <sn="2">father</s> brought <sn="858">out</s><sn="4481">of</s><sn="3061">Jewry</s>? </v>
<vn='14'>I have even <sn="8086">heard</s><sn="5922">of</s> thee, <sn="1768">that</s> the <sn="7308">spirit</s> of the <sn="426">gods</s> is in thee, and that <sn="5094">light</s> and <sn="7924">understanding</s> and <sn="3493">excellent</s><sn="2452">wisdom</s> is <sn="7912">found</s> in thee. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="3705">now</s> the <sn="2445">wise</s> men, the <sn="826">astrologers</s>, have been brought <sn="5954">in</s><sn="6925">before</s> me, <sn="1768">that</s> they should <sn="7123">read</s><sn="1836">this</s><sn="3792">writing</s>, and make <sn="3046">known</s> unto me the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> thereof: but they <sn="3546">could</s><sn="3809">not</s><sn="2324">show</s> the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> of the <sn="4406">thing</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="576">I</s> have <sn="8086">heard</s><sn="5922">of</s> thee, <sn="1768">that</s> thou <sn="3202">canst</s><sn="6590">make</s><sn="6591">interpretations</s>, and <sn="8271">dissolve</s><sn="7001">doubts</s>: <sn="3705">now</s><sn="2006">if</s> thou <sn="3202">canst</s><sn="7123">read</s> the <sn="3792">writing</s>, and make <sn="3046">known</s> to me the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> thereof, thou shalt be <sn="3848">clothed</s> with <sn="711">scarlet</s>, and have a <sn="2002">chain</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="1722">gold</s><sn="5922">about</s> thy <sn="6676">neck</s>, and shalt be the third <sn="7981 8531">ruler</s> in the <sn="4437">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="1841">Daniel</s><sn="6032">answered</s> and <sn="560">said</s><sn="6925">before</s> the <sn="4430">king</s>, Let thy <sn="4978">gifts</s><sn="1934">be</s> to thyself, and <sn="3052">give</s> thy <sn="5023">rewards</s> to <sn="321">another</s>; <sn="1297">yet</s> I will <sn="7123">read</s> the <sn="3792">writing</s> unto the <sn="4430">king</s>, and make <sn="3046">known</s> to him the <sn="6591">interpretation</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>O <sn="607">thou</s><sn="4430">king</s>, the most <sn="5943">high</s><sn="426">God</s><sn="3052">gave</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> thy <sn="2">father</s> a <sn="4437">kingdom</s>, and <sn="7238">majesty</s>, and <sn="3367">glory</s>, and <sn="1923">honor</s>: </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="4481">for</s> the <sn="7238">majesty</s><sn="1768">that</s> he <sn="3052">gave</s> him, <sn="3606">all</s><sn="5972">people</s>, <sn="524">nations</s>, and <sn="3961">languages</s>, <sn="1934 2112">trembled</s> and <sn="1763">feared</s><sn="4481 6925">before</s> him: <sn="1768">whom</s> he <sn="1934 6634">would</s> he <sn="1934 6992">slew</s>; and <sn="1768">whom</s> he <sn="1934 6634">would</s> he kept <sn="1934 2418">alive</s>; and <sn="1768">whom</s> he <sn="1934 6634">would</s> he set <sn="1934 7313">up</s>; and <sn="1768">whom</s> he <sn="1934 6634">would</s> he put <sn="1934 8214">down</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>But <sn="1768">when</s> his <sn="3825">heart</s> was lifted <sn="7313">up</s>, and his <sn="7308">mind</s><sn="8631">hardened</s> in <sn="2103">pride</s>, he was <sn="5182">deposed</s><sn="4481">from</s> his <sn="4437">kingly</s><sn="3764">throne</s>, and they <sn="5709">took</s> his <sn="3367">glory</s><sn="4481">from</s> him: </v>
<vn='21'>And he was <sn="2957">driven</s><sn="4481">from</s> the <sn="1123">sons</s> of <sn="606">men</s>; and his <sn="3825">heart</s> was <sn="7739">made</s><sn="5974">like</s> the <sn="2423">beasts</s>, and his <sn="4070">dwelling</s> was <sn="5974">with</s> the wild <sn="6167">asses</s>: they <sn="2939">fed</s> him with <sn="6211">grass</s> like <sn="8450">oxen</s>, and his <sn="1655">body</s> was <sn="6647">wet</s> with the <sn="4481 2920">dew</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s>; <sn="5705 1768">till</s> he <sn="3046">knew</s><sn="1768">that</s> the most <sn="5943">high</s><sn="426">God</s><sn="7990">ruled</s> in the <sn="4437">kingdom</s> of <sn="606">men</s>, and that he <sn="6966">appointeth</s><sn="5922">over</s> it <sn="4479 1768">whomsoever</s> he <sn="6634">will</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="607">thou</s> his <sn="1247">son</s>, O <sn="1113">Belshazzar</s>, hast <sn="3809">not</s><sn="8214">humbled</s> thine <sn="3825">heart</s>, <sn="3606 6903 1768">though</s> thou <sn="3046">knewest</s><sn="3606">all</s><sn="1836">this</s>; </v>
<vn='23'>But hast lifted up <sn="7313">thyself</s><sn="5922">against</s> the <sn="4756">Lord</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s>; and they have <sn="858">brought</s> the <sn="3984">vessels</s><sn="1768">of</s> his <sn="1005">house</s><sn="6925">before</s> thee, and <sn="607">thou</s>, and thy <sn="7261">lords</s>, thy <sn="7695">wives</s>, and thy <sn="3904">concubines</s>, have <sn="8355">drunk</s><sn="2562">wine</s> in them; and thou hast <sn="7624">praised</s> the <sn="426">gods</s> of <sn="3702">silver</s>, and <sn="1722">gold</s>, of <sn="5174">brass</s>, <sn="6523">iron</s>, <sn="636">wood</s>, and <sn="69">stone</s>, <sn="1768">which</s><sn="2370">see</s><sn="3809">not</s>, <sn="3809">nor</s><sn="8086">hear</s>, <sn="3809">nor</s><sn="3046">know</s>: and the <sn="426">God</s> in <sn="1768">whose</s><sn="3028">hand</s> thy <sn="5396">breath</s> is, and whose are <sn="3606">all</s> thy <sn="735">ways</s>, hast thou <sn="3809">not</s><sn="1922">glorified</s>: </v>
<vn='24'><sn="116">Then</s> was the <sn="6447">part</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="3028">hand</s><sn="7972">sent</s><sn="4481 6925">from</s> him; and <sn="1836">this</s><sn="3792">writing</s> was <sn="7560">written</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="1836">this</s> is the <sn="3792">writing</s><sn="1768">that</s> was <sn="7560">written</s>, <sn="4484">MENE</s>, <sn="4484">MENE</s>, <sn="8625">TEKEL</s>, <sn="6537">UPHARSIN</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1836">This</s> is the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> of the <sn="4406">thing</s>: <sn="4484">MENE</s>; <sn="426">God</s> hath <sn="4483">numbered</s> thy <sn="4437">kingdom</s>, and <sn="8000">finished</s> it. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="8625">TEKEL</s>; Thou art <sn="8625">weighed</s> in the <sn="3977">balances</s>, and art <sn="7912">found</s><sn="2627">wanting</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="6537">PERES</s>; Thy <sn="4437">kingdom</s> is <sn="6537">divided</s>, and <sn="3052">given</s> to the <sn="4076">Medes</s> and <sn="6540">Persians</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="560">commanded</s><sn="1113">Belshazzar</s>, and they <sn="3848">clothed</s><sn="1841">Daniel</s> with <sn="711">scarlet</s>, and put a <sn="2002">chain</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="1722">gold</s><sn="5922">about</s> his <sn="6676">neck</s>, and made a <sn="3745">proclamation</s><sn="5922">concerning</s> him, <sn="1768">that</s> he should <sn="1934">be</s> the <sn="8531">third</s><sn="7990">ruler</s> in the <sn="4437">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>In that <sn="3916">night</s> was <sn="1113">Belshazzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> of the <sn="3779">Chaldeans</s><sn="6992">slain</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="1868">Darius</s> the <sn="4077">Median</s><sn="6902">took</s> the <sn="4437">kingdom</s>, being about <sn="8361">threescore</s> and <sn="8648">two</s><sn="8140">years</s><sn="1247">old</s>. </v>