Parallel Verses
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.
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].
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
Phrases
Cross References
Esther 1:3
In the third year of his reign, he made a banquet unto all his princes and his slaves, having before him the power of Persia and Media, the governors and princes of the provinces, --
Isaiah 22:12
Therefore the Lord GOD of the hosts did call in this day unto weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:
Isaiah 22:14
This was revealed in my ears by the LORD of the hosts, That surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you until ye die, saith the Lord GOD of the hosts.
Genesis 40:20
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a banquet unto all his slaves, and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his slaves.
Isaiah 21:4-5
My heart panted; the horror frightened me; the night of my pleasure he has turned into fear unto me.
Jeremiah 51:39
In their heat I will place their feasts before them, and I will make them drunken that they may rejoice and sleep an eternal sleep and not wake, said the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:57
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep an eternal sleep and shall not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of the hosts.
Nahum 1:10
For while they are entwined together as thorns, and while the drunkards shall be drinking, they shall be devoured as stubble full of dryness.
Mark 6:21-22
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his princes and tribunes and to the principal people of Galilee;