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Daniel 5:5,24 - Compare All Versions

Daniel 5:5 NIV (New International Version)

Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

Daniel 5:24 NIV (New International Version)

Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

Daniel 5:5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.

Daniel 5:24 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

“Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.

Daniel 5:5 NLT (New Living Translation)

Suddenly, they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king’s palace, near the lampstand. The king himself saw the hand as it wrote

Daniel 5:24 NLT (New Living Translation)

So God has sent this hand to write this message.

Daniel 5:5 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand  that was writing

Daniel 5:24 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Therefore, he sent the hand, and this writing was inscribed.

Daniel 5:5 KJV (King James Version)

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Daniel 5:24 KJV (King James Version)

then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

Daniel 5:5 NKJV (New King James Version)

In the same hour the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Daniel 5:24 NKJV (New King James Version)

Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.

Daniel 5:5-7 MSG (The Message)

At that very moment, the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the lamp-illumined, whitewashed wall of the palace. When the king saw the disembodied hand writing away, he went white as a ghost, scared out of his wits. His legs went limp and his knees knocked. He yelled out for the enchanters, the fortunetellers, and the diviners to come. He told these Babylonian magi, “Anyone who can read this writing on the wall and tell me what it means will be famous and rich—purple robe, the great gold chain—and be third-in-command in the kingdom.”

Daniel 5:24-26 MSG (The Message)

“God sent the hand that wrote on the wall, and this is what is written: MENE, TEQEL, and PERES. This is what the words mean: “Mene: God has numbered the days of your rule and they don’t add up.

Daniel 5:5 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Suddenly the fingers of a human hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing.

Daniel 5:24 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.

Daniel 5:5 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing opposite the lampstand on [a well-lit area of] the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the part of the hand that did the writing.

Daniel 5:24 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Then the hand was sent from the presence [of the Most High God], and this inscription was written

Daniel 5:5 NET (New English Translation)

At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. The king was watching the back of the hand that was writing.

Daniel 5:24 NET (New English Translation)

Therefore the palm of a hand was sent from him, and this writing was inscribed.