Daniel 5:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

The king's

Isaiah 21:2

Countenance

Daniel 5:9

And his thoughts

Daniel 5:10

Daniel 4:5

Daniel 7:28

So that

Psalm 69:23

Isaiah 13:7

Isaiah 21:3

And his knees

Hebrews 12:12

General references

1 Kings 1:49

Hebrews 12:12

Bible References

The king's

Then King Belshazzar was greatly perplexed, his face became even paler, and his nobles were bewildered and alarmed.

In the second year (604 b.c.) of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams which troubled and disturbed his spirit and [interfered with] his ability to sleep.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and his facial expression changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then he gave a command that the furnace was to be heated seven times hotter than usual.

“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.

“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.

Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

A harsh vision has been shown to me;
The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media!
All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the Lord] have brought to an end.

Countenance

Then King Belshazzar was greatly perplexed, his face became even paler, and his nobles were bewildered and alarmed.

And his thoughts

Now the queen [mother], overhearing the [excited] words of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet area. The queen [mother] spoke and said, “O king, live forever! Do not be alarmed at your thoughts or let your face be changed.

I saw a dream and it made me afraid; and the fantasies and thoughts and the visions [that appeared] in my mind as I lay on my bed kept alarming me.

“This is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my [waking] thoughts were extremely troubling and alarming and my face grew pale; but I kept the matter [of the vision and the angel’s explanation] to myself.”

So that

May their eyes be dimmed so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually [in terror and weakness].

Therefore all hands will fall limp,
And every man’s heart will melt.

Therefore [continues Isaiah] my loins are filled with anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in childbirth;
I am so bent and bewildered that I cannot hear, I am so terrified that I cannot see.

And his knees

Encourage the exhausted, and make staggering knees firm.

All hands will hang limp and all knees will be as weak as water.

And when they say to you, ‘Why do you sigh and groan?’ you shall answer, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt and all hands will be frail, and every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ says the Lord God.”

She is emptied! She is desolate and waste!
Hearts melting [in fear] and knees knocking!
Anguish is in the whole body,
And the faces of all grow pale!

So then, strengthen hands that are weak and knees that tremble.

General references

Then all Adonijah’s guests were terrified [of being branded as traitors] and stood up and left the feast, and each one went on his way.

So then, strengthen hands that are weak and knees that tremble.