4 As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. 5 At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing, 6 his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
Daniel 5:4–6
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Greek Daniel 5:4–6
4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone. (WEB) 5 In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part… (WEB)
Greek Daniel 5:23–25
23 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, woo… (WEB)
Daniel 5:23–25
23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone,… 24 …
Greek Daniel 5:8–10
8 Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation. (WEB) 9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled. His face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed. (WEB) 10 The queen by reason of the wo… (WEB)
Sirach 48:18–20
18 In his days Sennacherib invaded, and sent Rabshakeh, and departed. He lifted up his hand against Zion, and boasted great things in his arrogance. (WEB) 19 Then their hearts and their hands were shaken, and they were in pain, as women in labor. (WEB) 20 But they called upon the L… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 18:16–18
16 bearing as a sharp sword your authentic commandment, and standing, it filled all things with death, and while it touched the sky it stood upon the earth. (WEB) 17 Then immediately apparitions in dreams terribly troubled them, and unexpected fears came upon them. (WEB) 18 And eac… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 17:14–16
14 But they, all through the night which was powerless indeed, and which came upon them out of the recesses of powerless Hades, sleeping the same sleep, (WEB) 15 now were haunted by monstrous apparitions, and now were paralyzed by their soul’s surrendering; for sudden and… (WEB)
Job 4:13–15
13 In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men, 14 fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder. 15 Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
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