Daniel 5:1
“Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his Lords, and dranke wine before the thousand.”
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Daniel 5:1 Context
1Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his Lords, and dranke wine before the thousand. 2Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commaunded to bring the golden and siluer vessels, which his father Nebuchad-nezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Ierusalem, that the king and his princes, his wiues, and his concubines might drinke therein. 3Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God, which was at Ierusalem, and the king and his princes, his wiues, and his concubines dranke in them.
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Other Translations for Daniel 5:1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- King James Version
Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.
- Basic English Bible
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.
- Darby Bible
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- Webster's Bible
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 hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Daniel 5:1
5:1 Belshazzar - The grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. Made a great feast - After the manner of the eastern kings who shewed their magnificence this way. But this is prodigious that he should carouse when the city was besieged, and ready to be taken by Darius the Mede.