Daniel 5:29
“Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chaine of gold about his necke, and made a Proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome.”
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Daniel 5:29 Context
27TEKEL, thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28PERES, thy kingdome is diuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians. 29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chaine of gold about his necke, and made a Proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome. 30¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Caldeans slaine. 31And Darius the Median tooke the kingdome, being about threescore and two yeere old.
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Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and [put] a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
- King James Version
Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and {put} a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he {now} had authority as the third {ruler} in the kingdom.
- New American Standard Version (1995)