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.
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Gill's Exposition
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, &c. From heaven, as Jarchi; or they came forth as if they came out of the wall: this was done by the power of God, though it might be by the…
Barnes' Notes
In the same hour - On the word “hour,” see the note at Dan 4:19. Came forth fingers of a man’s hand - Not the whole hand, but only the parts usually employed in writing. Not a man writing; not even an…
Adam Clarke
Fingers of a man's hand - The fingers were collected about the style or pen as in the act of writing.
We have here Belshazzar the king very gay, but all of a sudden very gloomy, and in straits in the fulness of his sufficiency. See how he affronts God, and God affrights him; and wait what will be the…
Cambridge Bible
In the same hour in the midst of their godless revelry (Dan 5:5). Cf. for the expression Dan 3:6; Dan 3:15; Dan 4:33.
over against in front of, or opposite to, the candlestick; and hence a part of the…
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