Darby's translation notes (1890)
Daniel 5:5
5:5 candlestick (c-17) Or 'candelabrum.'
5:5 candlestick (c-17) Or 'candelabrum.'
Verse Daniel 5:5. _FINGERS OF A MAN'S HAND_] The fingers were collected about the _style_ or _pen_ as in the act of writing....
IN THE SAME HOUR - On the word “hour,” see the note at Daniel 4:19. CAME FORTH FINGERS OF A MAN’S HAND - Not the whole hand, but only the parts usually employed in writing. Not a man writing; not even...
CHAPTER 5 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST _ 1. Belshazzar's licentious feast (Daniel 5:1)_ 2. The writing on the wall (Daniel 5:5) 3. Forgotten Daniel (Daniel 5:10) 4. The message of Daniel ...
DANIEL 5. Belshazzar, who is represented as king of Babylon, makes a great feast, using the vessels which his father had brought to Babylon from the Temple at Jerusalem. During the feast the fingers o...
IN THE SAME HOUR CAME FORTH THE FINGERS OF. MAN'S HAND. Suddenly the laughs ceased, the shouts grew still, every tongue is silent and every eye is fixed upon the plaster of the wall beyond and in the...
IN THE SAME HOUR. At the same moment. See note on "hour", Daniel 3:5. MAN'S. Chaldee. _enash_. App-14. CANDLESTICK. larnpstand. SAW. was gazing on. THE PART. the end: i.e. the fingers....
_In the same hour_ in the midst of their godless revelry (Daniel 5:4). Cf. for the expression Daniel 3:6; Daniel 3:15; Daniel 4:33. _over against_ in fr
DISCOURSE: 1126 BELSHAZZAR WARNED OF HIS IMPENDING RUIN Daniel 5:5. In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the kin...
CHAPTER FIVE I. DEGENERATE DESPOT'S DEMISEDaniel 5:1-31 a. TERROR TEXT: Daniel 5:1-7 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Be...
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. IN...
BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST Belshazzar, king of Babylon, holds a great feast, at which he profanely uses the sacred vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5:1). He is terrified at...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 5 V1 King Belshazzar had a big party. He invited a thousand important people and he drank wine with them. V2 As Belshazzar drank wine,...
IN THE SAME HOUR — _i.e._, suddenly and unexpectedly. (Comp. Daniel 3:6.) Observe that it was only a portion of the hand that the king saw (comp. Daniel 5:24), and that we are not told whether the gue...
בַּהּ ־שַׁעֲתָ֗ה _נְפַ֨קָה֙_† אֶצְבְּעָן֙ דִּ֣י יַד ־אֱנָ֔שׁ
THE FIERY INSCRIPTION IN this chapter again we have another magnificent fresco-picture, intended, as was the last-but under circumstances of aggravated guilt and more terrible menace-to teach the les...
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL Daniel 5:1-16 The name of Belshazzar has been deciphered in inscriptions found at Babylon, from which it is inferred that he was associated with his father in the kingdom,...
The next scene is cast in the reign of Belshazzar. He had succeeded to the throne of his father, and was a man of profligate habits. No details are given of his reign, but a graphic picture is set bef...
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over (e) against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. ...
Behold, Reader! on what a slender thread the happiness of man hangs, when in a moment the appearance on a wall can snap it asunder! What was it so alarmed the reveling prince, and his drunken lords? S...
Here Daniel begins his narration of the change which took place, for at that instant the king’ acknowledged something sorrowful and disturbing to be at hand. Yet, as he did not at once understand what...
In chapter 5 the iniquity of the head of the Gentiles with respect to the God of Israel reaches the highest point, and assumes that character of insolence and contempt which is but the effort of weakn...
IN THE SAME HOUR CAME FORTH FINGERS OF A MAN'S HAND, c. From heaven, as Jarchi or they came forth as if they came out of the wall: this was done by the power of God, though it might be by the interven...
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Ver....
_In the same hour_ At the very time; _came forth fingers of a man's hand_ The likeness of a man's hand; _and wrote over against the candlestick_ The angel Gabriel, say the rabbins, directing this hand...
In the same hour, suddenly, while they were still in the midst of their drunken revelry, CAME FORTH FINGERS OF A MAN'S HAND AND WROTE, or were writing, OVER AGAINST THE CANDLESTICK UPON THE PLASTER OF...
THE FEAST AND THE HANDWRITING....
1-9 Belshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon. Security and sensuality are sad proofs of approaching ruin. That mirth is sinful indee...
IN THE SAME HOUR: by this it did appear what was the cause of the king's punishment and ruin, namely, his reproaching of God and profaning the holy vessels. FINGERS OF A MAN'S HAND; the likeness of a...
Daniel 5:5 hour H8160 fingers H677 mans H606 hand H3028 appeared H5312 (H8754) wrote H3790 (H8751) opposite...
‘In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace. And the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.' Excavation...
Daniel 5:1 I. Belshazzar's feast was characterised by great intemperance. II. It was characterised by great profanity. III. This night was one of supernatural visitation. IV. This was a night of t...
CONTENTS: Daniel's personal history under Belshazzar and Darius. The pride of Belshazzar and his downfall. The writing on the wall. Its interpretation and fulfillment. CHARACTERS: God, Belshazzar, Qu...
Daniel 5:2. _Belshazzar his father Nebuchadnezzar._ Belshazzar was the son of Evilmerodach, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. The empire therefore falling at this time, fulfilled the prophecy, that all...
_In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand._ THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL 1. There are many Belshazzar’s in the world, even at this present moment. There is, in human nature, an evil rebelli...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:1 Daniel explains to Belshazzar, the last king of Babylon, that the writing on the wall is a message that the true God rules over all. In his own time, this true God will vindi...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:5 The FINGERS of a mysterious HAND wrote ON THE PLASTER of the PALACE wall...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XVII.—BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST (Chap. 5.) This chapter deservedly a favourite with general readers [126]. The magnificence, excitement, and revelry of the royal feast; the profligate kin...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 5:1 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. In regard to this chapter the peculiar state of the Septuagint text has to be noted. At the beginning of the chapter there are three verses which seem to be...
Shall we turn now in our Bible to Daniel, chapter 5. Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousands (Daniel 5:1). There are men who call themse...
1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Colossians 2:14; Daniel 4:31;...
Came forth fingers — The likeness of a man's hand....