Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
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Gill's Exposition
Then the kings countenance changed,.... Or, "his brightness" (l); his ruddy countenance, his florid looks, his gay airs; all his jollity and mirth, that appeared in his face, were changed into…
Barnes' Notes
Then the king’s countenance was changed - The word rendered “countenance” is, in the margin, as in Dan 5:9, “brightnesses.” The Chaldee word means “brightness, splendor” (זיו zı̂yv), and the meaning…
Adam Clarke
The king's countenance was changed - Here is a very natural description of fear and terror.
1. The face grows pale;
2. The mind becomes greatly agitated;
3. Pains seize on the lower part of the back…
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
countenance lit. brightness (i.e. healthy freshness and colour): cf. Dan 4:36. So Dan 5:9-10; Dan 7:28. Cf. the Targum (Onk.) of Deu 34:7, -And the glorious brightnessof his face was not changed."
was…
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