Parallel Verses

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 American Standard Bible

Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.

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 held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

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,

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּלשׁאצּר 
Belsha'tstsar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

the king
מלך 
melek (Aramaic) 
Usage: 180

עבד 
`abad (Aramaic) 
do, made, cut, do , do , worketh, executed , goeth, kept, moved, wrought
Usage: 28

a great
רב 
Rab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 15

לחם 
L@chem (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

to a thousand
אלף אלף 
'alaph (Aramaic) 
Usage: 4

of his lords
רברבן 
Rabr@ban (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

and drank
שׁתה 
Sh@thah (Aramaic) 
to drink
Usage: 5

חמר 
Chamar (Aramaic), 
Usage: 6

קבל קבל 
Q@bel (Aramaic) 
Usage: 29

References

Context Readings

The Mysterious Writing On The Wall

1 King Belshazzar prepared a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of them all. 2 While under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels -- the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father had confiscated from the temple in Jerusalem -- so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them.


Cross References

Esther 1:3

in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.

Isaiah 22:12

At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

Isaiah 22:14

The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live," says the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies.

Genesis 40:20

On the third day it was Pharaoh's birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He "lifted up" the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.

Isaiah 21:4-5

My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.

Jeremiah 51:39

When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up," says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57

"I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, and warriors. They will fall asleep forever and never wake up," says the King whose name is the Lord who rules over all.

Nahum 1:10

Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.

Mark 6:21-22

But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

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