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Daniel 5:9 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Daniel 5:9 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Daniel chapter 5 verse 9 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. countenance: Cald. brightnesses”
Daniel 5:9 (KJV)
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Commentary on Daniel 5:9
Belshazzar's trouble increases ('greatly troubled') and his countenance changes again—his terror deepening as the wise men fail. His lords are similarly 'astonied' (astounded/dismayed), sharing his distress. This escalation shows how initial fear intensifies when human solutions fail. The king faces incomprehensible supernatural communication that his entire intellectual establishment cannot decode. This situation mirrors fallen humanity's predicament: confronted with divine truth (through creation, conscience, Scripture), unable to understand through natural faculties, desperate for illuminat...
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Cross-References for Daniel 5:9
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“and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened”
“Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled”
“and the destroyer destroys. Go up”
“[and] pangs as of a woman in travail.”
“Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.”
“he was troubled”
“and scattered them; Yes”
“and shall chase him at his heels.”
“pain”
“and see whether a man does travail with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his waist”