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Daniel 5:6

Daniel 5:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the king's: Daniel 5:9, Daniel 2:1, Daniel 3:19; Job 15:20-27, Job 20:19-27; Psalms 73:18-20; Isaiah 21:2-4

countenance: Chal, brightness, Daniel 5:9

was changed: Chal, changed it

and his thoughts: Daniel 5:10, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 4:19, Daniel 7:28

so that: Psalms 69:23; Isaiah 13:7-8, Isaiah 21:3-4

joints: or, girdles, Isaiah 5:27, Chal, bindings, or knots

and his knees: Isaiah 35:3; Ezekiel 7:17, Ezekiel 21:7; Nahum 2:10; Hebrews 12:12

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