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Daniel 5:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Then the king’s face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Then, as for the king, his bright looks, changed in him, and, his thoughts, terrified him,—and, the joints of his loins, were loosed, and, his knees, smote, one against another.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— then the king's countenance hath changed, and his thoughts do trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are smiting one against another.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Then the Kings countenance was changed, and his thoughtes troubled him, so that the ioynts of his loynes were loosed, and his knees smote one against the other.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Then the kings countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the ioints of his loines were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Then the king's countenance was changed and his thoughts troubled him and the joints of his loins were loosed and his knees struck one against another.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Then the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one another.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Then 116
{0116} Prime
אֱדַיִן
'edayin
{ed-ah'-yin}
(Chaldee); of uncertain derivation; then (of time).
the king's 4430
{4430} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H4428; a king.
countenance 2122
{2122} Prime
זִיו
ziyv
{zeev}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H2099; (figuratively) cheerfulness.
was changed, 8133
{8133} Prime
שְׁנַא
sh@na'
{shen-aw'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H8132.
z8754
<8754> Grammar
Stem - Peal (See H8837)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 231
and his thoughts 7476
{7476} Prime
רַעְיוֹן
ra`yown
{rah-yone'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H7475; a grasp, that is, (figuratively) mental conception.
troubled 927
{0927} Prime
בְּהַל
b@hal
{be-hal'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H0926; to terrify, hasten.
z8792
<8792> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 93
him, so that the joints 7001
{7001} Prime
קְטַר
q@tar
{ket-ar'}
(Chaldee); from a root corresponding to H7000; a knot (as tied up), that is, (figuratively) a riddle; also a vertebra (as if a knot).
of his loins 2783
{2783} Prime
חֲרַץ
charats
{khar-ats'}
(Chaldee) from a root corresponding to H2782 in the sense of vigor; the loin (as the seat of strength).
were loosed, 8271
{8271} Prime
שְׁרֵא
sh@re'
{sher-ay'}
(Chaldee); a root corresponding to that of H8293; to free, separate; figuratively to unravel, commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside.
z8723
<8723> Grammar
Stem - Ithpael (See H8828)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 14
and his knees 755
{0755} Prime
אַרְכֻּבָּא
'arkubah
{ar-koo-baw'}
(Chaldee); from an unused root corresponding to H7392 (in the sense of bending the knee); the knee.
smote 5368
{5368} Prime
נְקַשׁ
n@qash
{nek-ash'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H5367; but used in the sense of H5362; to knock.
z8750
<8750> Grammar
Stem - Peal (See H8837)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 141
one 1668
{1668} Prime
דָּא
da'
{daw}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H2088; this.
against another. 1668
{1668} Prime
דָּא
da'
{daw}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H2088; this.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Daniel 5:6

_ _ countenance — literally, “brightness,” that is, his bright look.

_ _ joints of his loins — “the vertebrae of his back” [Gesenius].

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Daniel 5:1-9.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Daniel 5:6

His knees smote — So soon can the terrors of God make the loftiest cedars, the tyrants of the earth.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Daniel 5:6

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

(f) So he that before condemned God, was moved by this sight to tremble for fear of God's judgments.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the king's:

Daniel 5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
Daniel 3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Job 15:20-27 The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. ... Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.
Job 20:19-27 Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; ... The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
Psalms 73:18-20 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. ... As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Isaiah 21:2-4 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. ... My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

countenance:
Chal, brightness,
Daniel 5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.

was changed:
Chal, changed it

and his thoughts:

Daniel 5:10 [Now] the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: [and] the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
Daniel 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Daniel 4:19 Then Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream [be] to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
Daniel 7:28 Hitherto [is] the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

so that:

Psalms 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
Isaiah 13:7-8 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: ... And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be as] flames.
Isaiah 21:3-4 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing [of it]; I was dismayed at the seeing [of it]. ... My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

joints:
or, girdles,
Isaiah 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
, Chal, bindings, or knots

and his knees:

Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Ezekiel 7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak [as] water.
Ezekiel 21:7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak [as] water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
Nahum 2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain [is] in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Hebrews 12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 15:20; 20:19. Ps 69:23; 73:18. Is 5:27; 13:7; 21:2, 3; 35:3. Ezk 7:17; 21:7. Dn 2:1; 3:19; 4:5, 19; 5:9, 10; 7:28. Na 2:10. He 12:12.

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