Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer,
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.
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 King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer, 2 and when he was drunken with wine, he commanded to bring him the golden and silver vessels, which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple at Jerusalem: that the king and his lords with his queen and concubines might drink thereout.
Phrases
Cross References
Esther 1:3
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and servants. And the mighty men of Persia and Media, the captains also, and rulers of his countries, were before him;
Isaiah 22:12
And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth.
Isaiah 22:14
Nevertheless, when the LORD of Hosts heard of it, he said: "Yea, if this wickedness of yours shall be remitted, ye must die for it." This hath the LORD God of Hosts spoken.
Genesis 40:20
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Isaiah 21:4-5
My heart panted, I trembled for fear. The night of my voluptuousness hath he turned against me into fear.
Jeremiah 51:39
In their heat I shall set drink before them, and they shall be drunken for joy: Then shall they sleep an everlasting sleep, and never wake, sayeth the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:57
Yea, sayeth the LORD, I will make their princes, their wise men, their chief rulers and all their worthies, drunken: so that they shall sleep an everlasting sleep and never wake. Thus sayeth the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
Nahum 1:10
For like as the thorns that stick together, and as the dry straw, so shall the drunkards be consumed together, even when they be full.
Mark 6:21-22
But when a convenient day was come: Herod on his birthday made a supper to the Lords, captains, and chief estates of Galilee.