Parallel Verses
Amplified
Belshazzar the king [who was a descendant of Nebuchadnezzar] gave a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking his wine in the presence of the thousand [guests].
New American Standard Bible
Belshazzar the king
King James Version
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Holman Bible
King Belshazzar
International Standard Version
King Belshazzar put on a great festival for a thousand of his officials. He joined all one thousand of them in getting drunk.
A Conservative Version
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
American Standard Version
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Bible in Basic English
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.
Darby Translation
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.
Julia Smith Translation
Belshazzar the king made great food for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he drank wine.
King James 2000
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Belshazzar the king made a great festival for thousand [of] his lords, and {in the presence of} the thousand [lords] he was drinking wine.
Modern King James verseion
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer,
NET Bible
King Belshazzar prepared a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of them all.
New Heart English Bible
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
The Emphasized Bible
Belshazzar the king, made a great feast, to a thousand of his nobles, - and, before the thousand, was drinking, wine.
Webster
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
World English Bible
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Youngs Literal Translation
Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;
Themes
Babylon » Inhabitants of » Profane and sacrilegious
Drunkenness » The wicked addicted to
Drunkenness » Instances of » Belshazzar
Excess » Excess, general references to
Feasts » General references to
Gluttony » Exemplified » Belshazzar
Gluttony » Instances of » Belshazzar
Happiness » Of the wicked » Belshazzar
Happiness of the The Wicked » Exemplified » Belshazzar
Intemperance » Examples of » Excess, general references to
Social functions » Feasts, general references to
Social life » Social functions » General references to
Temperance » Drunkards examples of » Excess, general references to
Topics
Interlinear
`abad (Aramaic)
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Mysterious Writing On The Wall
1 Belshazzar the king [who was a descendant of Nebuchadnezzar] gave a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking his wine in the presence of the thousand [guests].
2
Belshazzar, as he tasted the wine, gave a command to bring in the gold and silver vessels which his
Phrases
Cross References
Esther 1:3
in the third year of his reign he held a banquet for all his officials and his attendants. The army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the officials of the provinces were there in his presence.
Isaiah 22:12
Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].
Isaiah 22:14
But the Lord of hosts revealed Himself in my ears,
“This sin absolutely will not be forgiven you
Until you die,” says the Lord God of hosts.
Genesis 40:20
Now on the third day, [which was] the Pharaoh’s birthday, he [released the two men from prison and] made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker [that is, presented them in public] among his servants.
Isaiah 21:4-5
My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been
Jeremiah 51:39
“When they are
And make them drunk, that they may rejoice
And may sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:57
“I will make her princes and her wise men drunk,
Her governors and her commanders and her mighty warriors;
They will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
Says the King—the Lord of hosts is His name.
Nahum 1:10
Like tangled thorn branches [gathered for fuel],
And like those drowned in drunkenness,
Like stubble completely withered and dry [in the day of the Lord’s wrath].
Mark 6:21-22
But an opportune time [finally] came [for Herodias]. Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his officials (nobles, courtiers) and