Daniel 5:6

6 y el rostro se le puso pálido del susto. Le temblaron las rodillas a causa del miedo y se le aflojaron las piernas.

Daniel 5:6 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:6

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 paleness, sadness, and confusion: and his thoughts troubled him;
what should be the meaning of this; perhaps he might immediately fear it presaged ruin and destruction to him; the sins of his former life might at once come into his thoughts, and those particularly he had now been guilty of; his luxury and intemperance, his idolatry and profanation of the vessels of the sanctuary, which his conscience might accuse him of, and give him great distress and trouble: so that the joints of his loins were loosed;
or, "the girdles of his loins" ^F13; which were loosed or broke, through the agitation he was in; or he was all over in a sweat, so that he was obliged to loose his girdle; or, as persons in great fear and consternation, he was seized with a pain in his back; it opened as it were; nor could he hold his urine; as Grotius and others; see ( Isaiah 45:1 ) , where this seems to be prophesied of: and his knees smote one against another;
as is the case of persons in a great tremor, or under a panic. "Et subito genua intremuere timore".--Ovid.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (yhwyz) "splendores ejus", Montanus, Vatablus, Michaelis.
F13 (hurx yrjq) "cingula lumborum ejus", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius.

Daniel 5:6 In-Context

4 Mientras bebían en las copas, rindieron culto a sus ídolos de oro, plata, bronce, hierro, madera y piedra.

5 De pronto, vieron los dedos de una mano humana que escribía sobre la pared blanqueada del palacio del rey, cerca del candelabro. El propio rey vio la mano mientras escribía

6 y el rostro se le puso pálido del susto. Le temblaron las rodillas a causa del miedo y se le aflojaron las piernas.

7 El rey llamó a gritos que trajeran a los brujos, a los astrólogos
y a los adivinos para que se presentaran ante él. Les dijo a esos sabios babilónicos: «El que pueda leer esta escritura y explicarme lo que significa será vestido con mantos púrpuras, propios de la realeza, y se le pondrá una cadena de oro alrededor del cuello. ¡Será el tercero en importancia en el reino!».

8 Entonces entraron todos los sabios del rey, pero ninguno pudo leer lo que estaba escrito ni decirle al rey lo que significaba.