⁹ Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a loss.

⁶ Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.

¹ In the second year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep went from him.

²⁴ The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

² A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

³ For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.

⁴ My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

⁶ Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

⁷ For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water;

⁸ Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.

¹⁵ And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

³ And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁸ So I was by myself, and I saw this great vision, and all my strength went from me; and the colour went from my face.

⁶ Put the question and see if it is possible for a man to have birth-pains: why do I see every man with his hands gripping his sides, as a woman does when the pains of birth are on her, and all faces are turned green?

⁶ Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.

¹⁴ He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

¹¹ He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

¹² His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

¹³ His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.

¹⁴ He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.