Daniel 5:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.Aramaic does not include Later. Some translators include Many years later to account for the time elapsed, probably about 30 years, since the previous chapter.

KJV

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

WEB

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

ASV

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

LSV

Belshazzar the king has made a great feast to one thousand of his great men, and before the one thousand he is drinking wine;

YLT

Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;

DBY

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.

DRC

Baltasar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles: and every one drank according to his age.

GNV

King Belshazzar made a great feast to a thousand of his princes, and dranke wine before the thousand.

JPS

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

LXXE

Baltasar the king made a great supper for his thousand nobles, and there was wine before the thousand.

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WLC

בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ לְחֶ֣ם רַ֔ב לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי אֲלַ֑ף וְלָקֳבֵ֥ל אַלְפָּ֖א חַמְרָ֥א שָׁתֵֽה׃

LXX-Br

Βαλτάσαρ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐποίησε δεῖπνον μέγα τοῖς μεγιστᾶσιν αὐτοῦ χιλίοις, καὶ κατέναντι τῶν χιλίων ὁ οἶνος,

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• Esther 1:3In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
• Mark 6:21–22On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests,…
• Genesis 40:20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
• Isaiah 22:14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
• Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
• Isaiah 21:4–5My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror. They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
• Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
• Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
• Jeremiah 51:39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

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