New International Version (©2011)
As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.New Living Translation (©2007)
While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. English Standard Version (©2001)
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. International Standard Version (©2012)
As they drank the wine, they praised gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. NET Bible (©2006)
As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, or stone. King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone. American King James 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. Douay-Rheims Bible
They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone. Darby Bible Translation
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. English Revised Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. Webster's Bible Translation
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. Young's 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. | | Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 5:1-9 Belshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon. Security and sensuality are sad proofs of approaching ruin. That mirth is sinful indeed, which profanes sacred things; and what are many of the songs used at modern feasts better than the praises sung by the heathens to their gods! See how God struck terror upon Belshazzar and his lords. God's written word is enough to put the proudest, boldest sinner in a fright. What we see of God, the part of the hand that writes in the book of the creatures, and in the book of the Scriptures, should fill us with awful thoughts concerning that part which we do not see. If this be the finger of God, what is his arm when made bare? And what is He? The king's guilty conscience told him that he had no reason to expect any good news from heaven. God can, in a moment, make the heart of the stoutest sinner to tremble; and there needs no more than to let loose his own thoughts upon him; they will give him trouble enough. No bodily pain can equal the inward agony which sometimes seizes the sinner in the midst of mirth, carnal pleasures, and worldly pomp. Sometimes terrors cause a man to flee to Christ for pardon and peace; but many cry out for fear of wrath, who are not humbled for their sins, and who seek relief by lying vanities. The ignorance and uncertainty concerning the Holy Scriptures, shown by many who call themselves wise, only tend to drive sinners to despair, as the ignorance of these wise men did.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThey drunk wine,.... That is, out of the vessels of the temple at Jerusalem, and perhaps till they were drunk: and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone; for they had gods of all these materials; See Gill on Daniel 1:2, and these they praised by offering sacrifices unto them; or rather by singing songs, and drinking healths, and by ascribing all their victories over the nations of the world to them; as that by their means they had got such large dominions, and such great wealth and treasures, and particularly these vessels of gold and silver; and so insulted and triumphed over the God of Israel, and defied the prophecies and promises of the deliverance of them that went under his name.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary4. praised—sang and shouted praises to "gods," which being of gold, "are their own witnesses" (Isa 44:9), confuting the folly of those who fancy such to be gods.
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Belshazzar's Impious Feast
…2Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 3Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Revelation 9:20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk.
Psalm 115:4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
Psalm 135:15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.
Isaiah 40:19 As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
Isaiah 40:20 A person too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled worker to set up an idol that will not topple.
Isaiah 42:8 "I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Daniel 1:8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.
Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 5:3 So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them.
Daniel 5:5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.
Daniel 5:23 Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.
Amos 6:7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.
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