Parallel Verses New International Version
As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
English Standard Version
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
New American Standard Bible
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
King James Bible
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
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.
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.
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.
Cross References Revelation 9:20
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Psalm 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Psalm 135:15
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Isaiah 40:19
The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.
Isaiah 40:20
He that is so impoverished that he has no oblation chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks to him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Isaiah 42:8
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Daniel 1:8
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Daniel 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was three score cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 5:3
Then 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.
Daniel 5:5
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Jump to Previous Brass Bronze Drank Drunk Gods Gold Iron Praise Praised Silver Stone Wine WoodJump to Next Brass Bronze Drank Drunk Gods Gold Iron Praise Praised Silver Stone Wine WoodCommentaries 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.
4. 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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