Daniel 5:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

The lord

Daniel 4:37

Genesis 14:19

Psalm 115:16

Hast praised

Judges 16:23

Which

In whose

Acts 17:25

And whose

Hebrews 4:13

Hast thou

Romans 1:21

General references

Exodus 20:23

John 12:10

Bible References

The lord

Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and extolling and honouring the King of the Heavens, all whose works, are truth, and, his ways, right; and, them who walk in pride, he is able to abase,

So he blessed him and said, - Blessed be Abram of GOD Most High, possessor of the heavens and earth;

As for the heavens, the heavens, belong to Yahweh, but the earth, hath he given to the sons of men.

Hast praised

Now, the lords of the Philistines, had gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice, - and they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand, Samson our enemy.

Which

Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men, -

The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men:

and have put their gods in the fire, - for, no-gods, were they, but the work of the hands of men wood and stone and so they destroyed them.

They who pour gold out of a purse, And who weigh silver in a balance, - Who hire a goldsmith that he may make it into a GOD, They adore, yea they bow down;

What hath a carved image, profited, though the fashioner thereof, carved it? a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood, - though the fashioner of his fashioned thing trusted therein? that men should make Dumb Nonentities!

Concerning, then, the eating of idol-sacrifices, we are aware - that an idol is, nothing, in the world, and that, none, is God save one.

In whose

So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life - and man became a living soul.

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of men.

If he should set against him his heart, His spirit and his inspiration, unto himself he should withdraw.

Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And, unto their own dust, do they return:

His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Thus, saith GOD himself - Yahweh, - Creator of the heavens that stretched them forth, Out-spreader of earth, and the products thereof, - Giver of breath to the people thereon, And of spirit to them who walk therein,

nor, by human hands, is waited upon, as though in want of anything, himself, giving unto all life and breath and all things;

And whose

Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?

My path and my couch, hast thou examined, and, all my ways, thou well knowest.

From Yahweh, are a man's steps, a son of earth, then - how can he discern his way?

I know O Yahweh, That not to a son of earth, pertaineth his own path, - Not, to the man who walketh, also to direct his own steps.

And there is, no created thing, can be secreted before him, but, all things, are naked and exposed to his eyes: - as to whom is, our discourse.

Hast thou

Inasmuch as, having come to know God, not, as God, did they glorify him, or give him thanks, but were made fruitless in their reasonings, and darkened was their undiscerning heart,

General references

Ye shall not make aught beside me, - neither gods of silver, nor gods of gold, shall ye make to yourselves.

But the High-priests took counsel, that Lazarus also, they might put to death;