tation to the king.

5:9. Wherewith king Baltasar was much troubled, and his countenance was
changed: and his nobles also were troubled.

5:10. Then the queen, on occasion of what had happened to the king, and
his nobles, came into the banquet-house: and she spoke, and said: O
king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy
countenance be changed.

The queen... Not the wife, but the mother of the king.

5:11. There is a man in thy kingdom that hath the spirit of the holy
gods in him: and in the days of thy father knowledge and wisdom were
found in him: for king Nabuchodonosor, thy father, appointed him prince
of the wise men, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers, thy father, I
say, O king:

5:12. Because a greater spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, and
interpretation of dreams, and shewing of secrets, and resolving of
difficult things, were found in him, that is, in Daniel: whom the king
named Baltassar. Now, therefore, let Daniel be called for, and he will
tell the interpretation.

5:13. Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king spoke,
and said to him: Art thou Daniel, of the children of the captivity of
Juda, whom my father, the king, brought out of Judea?

5:14. I have heard of thee, that thou hast the spirit of the gods, and
excellent knowledge, and understanding, and wisdom are found in thee.

5:15. And now the wise men, the magicians, have come in before me, to
read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof; and they
could not declare to me the meaning of this writing.

5:16. But I have heard of thee, that thou canst interpret obscure
things, and resolve difficult things: now if thou art able to read the
writing, and to shew me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be
clothed with purple, and shalt have a chain of gold about thy neck, and
shalt be the third prince in my kingdom.

5:17. To which Daniel made answer, and said before the king: thy rewards
be to thyself, and the gifts of thy house give to another: but the
writing I will read to thee, O king, and shew thee the interpretation
thereof.

5:18. O king, the most high God gave to Nabuchodonosor, thy father, a
kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour.

5:19. And for the greatness that he gave to him, all people, tribes, and
languages trembled, and were afraid of him: whom he would, he slew: and
whom he would, he destroyed: and whom he would, he set up: and whom he
would, he brought