Daniel 5:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Daniel 5:4

2 While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels ^awhich his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.

3 Then they brought the gold ^avessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.

4 They drank wine, ^aand praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

5 ^aIn the same hour the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

6 Then the king’s countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his ^aknees knocked against each other.

7 ^aThe king cried¹ aloud to bring in ^bthe astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; ^cand he shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

8 Now all the king’s wise men came, ^abut they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation.

Verse Comparison: Daniel 5:4

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American Standard Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Amplified® Bible
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Good News Bible
and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

King James Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

New American Standard Bible
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

New International Version
As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

New King James Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Revised Standard Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Young's Literal Translation
they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

New English Translation
As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

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