Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
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.
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 made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, m
Phrases
Cross References
Esther 1:3
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his rulers and his servants, the power of Persia and Media, the ranking men and rulers of the provinces, being before him
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day the Lord, LORD of hosts, called for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.
Isaiah 22:14
And LORD of hosts revealed himself in my ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, says the Lord, LORD of hosts.
Genesis 40:20
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast to all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
Isaiah 21:4-5
My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me.
Jeremiah 51:39
When they are heated, I will make their feast. And I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says LORD.
Jeremiah 51:57
And I will make drunk her rulers and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is LORD of hosts.
Nahum 1:10
For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.
Mark 6:21-22
And having become a convenient day, when Herod on his birthday made a dinner for his chiefs, and the high captains, and the leading men of Galilee,