The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 32: Daniel: The Challoner Revision
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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 32: Daniel: The Challoner Revision
Bible. Daniel
5:2. And being now drunk, he commanded that they should bring the
vessels of gold and silver, which Nabuchodonosor, his father, had
brought away out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem, that the king and
his nobles, and his wives, and his concubines, might drink in them.
5:3. Then were the golden and silver vessels brought, which he had
brought away out of the temple that was in Jeursalem: and the king and
his nobles, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
5:4. They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of
brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone.
5:5. In the same hour there appeared fingers, as it were of the hand of
a man, writing over against the candlestick, upon the surface of the
wall of the king's palace: and the king beheld the joints of the hand
that wrote.
5:6. Then was the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled
him: and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one
against the other.
5:7. And the king cried out aloud to bring in the wise men, the
Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise
men of Babylon: Whosoever shall read this writing, and shall make known
to me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and
shall have a golden chain on his neck, and shall be the third man in my
kingdom.
5:8. Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could neither read
the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king.
5:9. Wherewith king Baltasar was much troubled, and his countenance was
changed: and his nobles also were troubled.
5:10. Then the queen, on occasion of what had happened to the king, and
his nobles, came into the banquet-house: and she spoke, and said: O
king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy
countenance be changed.
The queen... Not the wife, but the mother of the king.
5:11. There is a man in thy kingdom that hath the spirit of the holy
gods in him: and in the days of thy father knowledge and wisdom were
found in him: for king Nabuchodonosor, thy father, appointed him prince
of the wise men, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers, thy father, I
say, O king:
5:12. Because a greater spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, and
interpretation of dreams, and shewing of secrets, and resolving of
difficult things, were found in him, that is, in Daniel: whom the king
named Baltassar. Now, therefore, let Daniel be called for, and he will
tell the interpretation.
5:13. Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king spoke,
and said to him: Art thou Daniel, of the children of the captivity of
Juda, whom my father, the king, brought out of Judea?
5:14. I have heard of thee, that thou hast the spirit of the gods, and
excellent knowledge, and understanding, and wisdom are found in thee.
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