22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

Other Translations of Daniel 5:22

New International Version

22 "But you, Belshazzar, his son,Or "descendant" ; or "successor" have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this.

English Standard Version

22 And you his son,Or successor Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

The Message

22 "You are his son and have known all this, yet you're as arrogant as he ever was.

New King James Version

22 But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this.

New Living Translation

22 "You are his successor, O Belshazzar, and you knew all this, yet you have not humbled yourself.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Daniel 5:22

Commentary on Daniel 5:18-31

(Read Daniel 5:18-31)

Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but they will be judged by One to whom all things are open. Daniel reads the sentence written on the wall. All this may well be applied to the doom of every sinner. At death, the sinner's days are numbered and finished; after death is the judgment, when he will be weighed in the balance, and found wanting; and after judgment the sinner will be cut asunder, and given as a prey to the devil and his angels. While these things were passing in the palace, it is considered that the army of Cyrus entered the city; and when Belshazzar was slain, a general submission followed. Soon will every impenitent sinner find the writing of God's word brought to pass upon him, whether he is weighed in the balance of the law as a self-righteous Pharisee, or in that of the gospel as a painted hypocrite.