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Selected Verse: Daniel 5:24 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Da 5:24	Strong Concordance	Then [0116] was the part [06447] of the hand [03028] sent [07972] from [04481] him [06925]; and this [01836] writing [03792] was written [07560].
	King James	Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then--When thou liftedst up thyself against the Lord. the part of the hand--the fore part, the fingers. was . . . sent from him--that is, from God.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Then--When thou liftedst up thyself against the Lord.

the part of the hand--the fore part, the fingers.

was . . . sent from him--that is, from God.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Then was the part of the hand sent from him - To wit, the fingers. See Dan 5:5. The sense is, that when it was fully perceived that Belshazzar was not disposed to learn that there was a God in heaven; when he refused to profit by the solemn dispensations which had occurred in respect to his predecessor; when his own heart was lifted up with pride, and when he had gone even farther than his predecessors had done by the sacrilegious use of the vessels of the temple, thus showing special contempt for the God of heaven, then appeared the mysterious handwriting on the wall. It was then an appropriate time for the Most High God, who had been thus contemned and insulted, to come forth and rebuke the proud and impious monarch.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Then was the part of the hand sent from him - To wit, the fingers. See Dan 5:5. The sense is, that when it was fully perceived that Belshazzar was not disposed to learn that there was a God in heaven; when he refused to profit by the solemn dispensations which had occurred in respect to his predecessor; when his own heart was lifted up with pride, and when he had gone even farther than his predecessors had done by the sacrilegious use of the vessels of the temple, thus showing special contempt for the God of heaven, then appeared the mysterious handwriting on the wall. It was then an appropriate time for the Most High God, who had been thus contemned and insulted, to come forth and rebuke the proud and impious monarch.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
From him - From that God whom thou hast despised.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

From him - From that God whom thou hast despised.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Then was the part of the hand sent - This was the filling up of the cup of thy iniquity; this last act made thee ripe for destruction.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Then was the part of the hand sent - This was the filling up of the cup of thy iniquity; this last act made thee ripe for destruction.

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