Daniel 5:4
“They drunke wine, and praised the gods of gold and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood, and of stone.”
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Daniel 5:4 Context
2Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commaunded to bring the golden and siluer vessels, which his father Nebuchad-nezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Ierusalem, that the king and his princes, his wiues, and his concubines might drinke therein. 3Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God, which was at Ierusalem, and the king and his princes, his wiues, and his concubines dranke in them. 4They drunke wine, and praised the gods of gold and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood, and of stone. 5¶ In the same houre came forth fingers of a mans hand, and wrote ouer against the candlesticke vpon the plaister of the wall of the Kings palace, and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 6Then the kings countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the ioints of his loines were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
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Other Translations for Daniel 5:4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- King James Version
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.
- Basic English Bible
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- Darby Bible
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- Webster's Bible
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- World English Bible
they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- Youngs Literal Bible
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Daniel 5:4
5:4 And praised the gods of gold - At the same time insulting the great God of heaven and earth.