Daniel 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.

Job 20:5; Ps 78:30,31; Pr 29:1; Da 4:31,33; Da 5:8,15,24-28; Lu 12:19,20; Col 2:14; 1Th 5:2,3; Re 20:12-15

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.