Daniel 5:4 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, or stone.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, 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.

BBE:

They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.

DBY:

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

ERV:

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, 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.

WBS:

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 brass, 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.

Daniel 5:4 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man's hands.

Psalm 135:15 The idols of the nations are but silver and gold, The work of man's hands.

Isaiah 40:19 As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

Isaiah 40:20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.

Isaiah 42:8 "I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.

Daniel 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 5:23 but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and your ways, you have not glorified.

Habakkuk 2:19 "Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, 'Awake!' To a mute stone, 'Arise!' And that is your teacher? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, And there is no breath at all inside it.

Revelation 9:20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:4 They drank wine, and praised the {d} gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
(d) In contempt of the true God they praise their idols, not that they thought that the gold or silver were gods, but that there was a certain strength and power in them to do them good, which is also the opinion of all idolaters.

WES:

5:4 And praised the gods of gold - At the same time insulting the great God of heaven and earth.

MHC:

5:1-9 Belshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon. Security and sensuality are sad proofs of approaching ruin. That mirth is sinful indeed, which profanes sacred things; and what are many of the songs used at modern feasts better than the praises sung by the heathens to their gods! See how God struck terror upon Belshazzar and his lords. God's written word is enough to put the proudest, boldest sinner in a fright. What we see of God, the part of the hand that writes in the book of the creatures, and in the book of the Scriptures, should fill us with awful thoughts concerning that part which we do not see. If this be the finger of God, what is his arm when made bare? And what is He? The king's guilty conscience told him that he had no reason to expect any good news from heaven. God can, in a moment, make the heart of the stoutest sinner to tremble; and there needs no more than to let loose his own thoughts upon him; they will give him trouble enough. No bodily pain can equal the inward agony which sometimes seizes the sinner in the midst of mirth, carnal pleasures, and worldly pomp. Sometimes terrors cause a man to flee to Christ for pardon and peace; but many cry out for fear of wrath, who are not humbled for their sins, and who seek relief by lying vanities. The ignorance and uncertainty concerning the Holy Scriptures, shown by many who call themselves wise, only tend to drive sinners to despair, as the ignorance of these wise men did.

CONC:

Brass Bronze Drank Drunk Gods Gold Iron Praise Praised Silver Stone Wine Wood

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