Daniel 5:5

5:5 At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared ¹  and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. ²  The king was watching the back ³  of the hand that was writing.

Daniel 9:23

9:23 At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God’s sight. ⁴  Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: ⁵ 

¹ tn Aram “came forth.”

² sn The mention of the lampstand in this context is of interest because it suggests that the writing was in clear view.

³ tn While Aramaic פַּס (pas) can mean the palm of the hand, here it seems to be the back of the hand that is intended.

⁴ tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”

⁵ tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).