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Belshazzar’s Feast

Daniel 5:4

In 11 translations

BSB
As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
KJV
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
WEB
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
ASV
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
LSV
they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
YLT
they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
DBY
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.Elohim
DRC
They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone.
GNV
They drunke wine and praysed the gods of golde, and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood and of stone.
JPS
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
LXXE
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of iron, and of wood, and of stone.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אִשְׁתִּ֖יו חַמְרָ֑א וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י דַּהֲבָ֧א וְכַסְפָּ֛א נְחָשָׁ֥א פַרְזְלָ֖א אָעָ֥א וְאַבְנָֽא׃
LXX-Br
Ἔπινον οἶνον· καὶ ᾔνεσαν τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς χρυσοῦς, καὶ ἀργυροῦς, καὶ χαλκοῦς, καὶ σιδηροῦς, καὶ ξυλίνους, καὶ λιθίνους.

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  • Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver…
  • Habakkuk 2:19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
  • Psalms 135:15–18The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. Those…
  • Revelation 9:20–21Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or…
  • Psalms 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; they have hands, but…
  • Jeremiah 10:4–9They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not…
  • Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
  • Isaiah 46:6–7They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its…
  • Isaiah 40:19–20To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that…
  • Isaiah 42:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
  • Isaiah 42:17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
  • Daniel 3:1–18King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects,…
  • Hosea 2:8–13For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal. Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its…
  • Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
  • Judges 16:23–24Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.” And when the people saw him, they…
  • Acts 19:24–28It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen. Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you…

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