Daniel 5:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸ Then all the king’s wise men came in. But they couldn’t read the writing. They couldn’t tell him what it meant. ⁹ So King Belshazzar became even more terrified. His face grew more pale. And his nobles were bewildered.

¹⁰ The queen heard the king and his nobles talking. So she came into the dining hall. “King Belshazzar, may you live forever!” she said. “Don’t be afraid! Don’t look so pale!