Daniel 5:9

Daniel · Old Testament · Chapter 5

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

What Does Daniel 5:9 Mean?

Daniel 5:9 is found in the book of Daniel, chapter 5, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (12)

These passages are connected to Daniel 5:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

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 knees smote one against another.”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.”Isaiah 13:6“Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.”Isaiah 21:2“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.”Jeremiah 6:24“We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.”Job 18:11“Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.”Psalms 18:14“Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.”Psalms 48:6“Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.”Jeremiah 30:6“Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?”Daniel 10:8“Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.”Matthew 2:3“When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.”Revelation 6:15“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;”

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