Parallel Verses
NET Bible
As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
New American Standard Bible
They
King James Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Holman Bible
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
International Standard Version
As they drank the wine, they praised gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
A Conservative Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
American Standard Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Amplified
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
Bible in Basic English
They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.
Darby Translation
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Julia Smith Translation
They drank wine, and praised to the gods of gold and silver, brass, iron, wood and stone.
King James 2000
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.
Modern King James verseion
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.
New Heart English Bible
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
The Emphasized Bible
they drank wine, - and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.
Webster
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
World English Bible
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Youngs Literal Translation
they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Themes
Brass » Articles made of » Idols
Drunkenness » The wicked addicted to
Drunkenness » Exemplified » Belshazzar
Drunkenness » Instances of » Belshazzar
Entertainments » Often scenes of great intemperance
Idolatry » Other customs of » Praise
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Idols
Wine » Was used » At all feasts and entertainments
Women » Social status of » In persia
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 5:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Mysterious Writing On The Wall
3 So they brought the gold and silver vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them. 4 As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. 5 At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. The king was watching the back of the hand that was writing.
Names
Cross References
Daniel 5:23
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone -- gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!
Habakkuk 2:19
The one who says to wood, 'Wake up!' is as good as dead -- he who says to speechless stone, 'Awake!' Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life's breath inside it.
Psalm 135:15-18
The nations' idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.
Isaiah 40:19-20
A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.
Isaiah 42:8
I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.
Judges 16:23-24
The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, "Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us."
Psalm 115:4-8
Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made.
Isaiah 42:17
Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'"
Isaiah 46:6-7
Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.
Jeremiah 10:4-9
He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.
Daniel 3:1-18
King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made. It was ninety feet tall and nine feet wide. He erected it on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
Hosea 2:8-13
Yet until now she has refused to acknowledge that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and that it was I who lavished on her the silver and gold -- which they used in worshiping Baal!
Acts 17:29
So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.
Acts 19:24-28
For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.
Revelation 9:20-21
The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood -- idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.