Daniel 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

Then the king's countenance was changed - "countenance" - literally, brightness, i:e., his bright look.

So that the joints of his loins were loosed - `the vertebrae of his back' (Gesenius).

Daniel 5:6

6 Then the king's countenanceb was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.