E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:24
this writing . The Divine prophetic meaning could not be known or understood till interpreted by Daniel. written: or graven. read more
但以理书 5:24 Cunpss
E.W. Bullinger
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 5:24
Daniel 5:24. Then was the part of the hand sent— Therefore is the hand sent from him, the fingers whereof have formed this writing. Houbigant. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:24
24. 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. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 5:17-24
5. Daniel’s rebuke of Belshazzar 5:17-24 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 5:24
Nebuchadnezzar had heard a voice from heaven while he was outdoors (Daniel 4:31), but Belshazzar saw a hand from heaven indoors. Both forms of revelation have been extremely rare throughout history, but these occasions in the Book of Daniel involved leaders of the greatest nation on earth. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:1-31
Belshazzar’s FeastBelshazzar, king of Babylon, holds a great feast, at which he profanely uses the sacred vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5:1-4). He is terrified at seeing part of a human hand writing mysterious words on the wall of the banqueting room, and vainly offers great rewards to the wise men of Babylon if they can read and explain the writing (Daniel 5:5-9). The queen tells him of Daniel, and of his fame for wisdom, acquired in Nebuchadnezzar’s... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 5:24
(24) Then.—Not only “at that time,” but also “because of this.” Daniel here expressly designates the writing as something proceeding from God. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Daniel 5:1-31
Daniel 5 : i Pomp, in our apprehension, was an idea of two categories; the pompous might be spurious, but it might also be genuine. It is well to love the simple we love it; nor is there any opposition at all between that and the very glory of pomp. But, as we once put the case to Lamb, if, as a musician, as the leader of a mighty orchestra, you had this theme offered to you 'Belshazzar the king gave a great feast to a thousand of his lords' ... surely no man would deny that, in such a case,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:1-31
THE FIERY INSCRIPTIONIN this chapter again we have another magnificent fresco-picture, intended, as was the last-but under circumstances of aggravated guilt and more terrible menace-to teach the lesson that "verily there is a God that judgeth the earth."The truest way to enjoy the chapter, and to grasp the lessons which it is meant to inculcate in their proper force and vividness, is to consider it wholly apart from the difficulties as to its literal truth. To read it aright, and duly estimate... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:1-31
Belshazzar’s feast (5:1-31)The events of this chapter took place in 539 BC. If Daniel was about fifteen years of age when taken captive to Babylon in 605 BC, he would now be over eighty. Nebuchadnezzar had long been dead. The present king, Nabonidus, was absent in distant territories for much of his reign, and the rule of the country was largely in the hands of his son Belshazzar. The queen who appears in the story (v. 10) was probably the queen mother, wife of Nabonidus. Nebuchadnezzar is... read more