Daniel 5:4

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Hebrew Names Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

King James Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of 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.

New Century Version
As they were drinking, they praised their gods, which were made from gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Amplified Bible
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They drunke wine and praysed the gods of golde, and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood and of stone.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Berean Standard Bible
As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

Complete Jewish Bible
They drank their wine and praised their gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
As they were drinking, they gave praise to their idol gods, which were only statues made from gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

George Lamsa Translation
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Good News Translation
and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Lexham English Bible
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Literal Translation
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, of iron, wood, and stone.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They dronke wyne, and praysed their Idols of golde, syluer, copper, yron, wodde 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.

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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

King James Version (1611)
They drunke wine, and praised the gods of gold and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood, and of stone.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They drunke wine, & praysed the gods of golde, siluer, brasse, iron, wood, and stone.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of iron, and 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.

World English Bible
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei drunken wyn, and herieden her goddis of gold, and of siluer, of bras, and of irun, and of tree, and of stoon.

Update Bible Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, 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.

New English Translation
As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

New King James Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

New Living Translation
While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

New Life Bible
They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone.

New Revised Standard
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
they drank wine, - and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and 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.

Revised Standard Version
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and 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.

Contextual Overview

¹ One evening, King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his highest officials, and he drank wine with them. ² He got drunk and ordered his servants to bring in the gold and silver cups his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. Belshazzar wanted the cups, so that he and all his wives and officials could drink from them. ³When the gold cups were brought in, everyone at the banquet drank from them and praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. ⁵ Suddenly a human hand was seen writing on the plaster wall of the palace. The hand was just behind the lampstand, and the king could see it writing. ⁶ He was so frightened that his face turned pale, his knees started shaking, and his legs became weak. ⁷ The king called in his advisors, who claimed they could talk with the spirits of the dead and understand the meanings found in the stars. He told them, "The man who can read this writing and tell me what it means will become the third most powerful man in my kingdom. He will wear robes of royal purple and a gold chain around his neck." ⁸ All of King Belshazzar's highest officials came in, but not one of them could read the writing or tell what it meant, ⁹ and they were completely puzzled. Now the king was more afraid than ever before, and his face turned white as a ghost.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

praised: Daniel 5:23, Daniel 4:37, Judges 16:23, Judges 16:24, Isaiah 42:8, Hosea 2:8-13, Revelation 9:20, Revelation 9:21

of gold: Daniel 3:1-7, Daniel 3:8-18, Psalms 115:4-8, Psalms 135:15-18, Isaiah 40:19, Isaiah 40:20, Isaiah 42:17, Isaiah 46:6, Isaiah 46:7, Jeremiah 10:4-9, Habakkuk 2:19, Acts 17:29, Acts 19:24-28, Revelation 9:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - strange Exodus 20:23 - General Exodus 32:18 - but the 1 Kings 1:49 - General Proverbs 23:33 - and Jeremiah 50:38 - the land Jeremiah 51:41 - the praise Ezekiel 20:32 - to serve Daniel 4:31 - the word Hosea 7:5 - with scorners Amos 6:7 - and the Amos 8:10 - I will turn Habakkuk 1:11 - imputing Malachi 1:12 - The table Luke 6:25 - mourn 1 Corinthians 8:5 - that 1 Thessalonians 5:7 - and they James 5:13 - any merry

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.

Genesis 5:1
God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:

Genesis 5:3
When Adam was one hundred thirty, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children

Genesis 5:7
Seth had more children

Genesis 5:10
Enosh had more children

Genesis 5:13
Kenan had more children

Genesis 5:19
Jared had more children

Genesis 5:22
and during the next three hundred years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,

Genesis 5:26
Methuselah had more children

Genesis 5:30
Lamech had more children

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They 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;

:-, 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, ... - Compare the note at Daniel 5:1. Idols were made among the pagan of all the materials here mentioned. The word praised here means that they spake in praise of these gods; of their history, of their attributes, of what they had done. Nothing can well be conceived more senseless and stupid than what it is said they did at this feast, and yet it is a fair illustration of what occurs in all the festivals of idolatry. And is what occurs in more civilized Christian lands, in the scenes of carousal and festivity, more rational than this? It was not much worse to lavish praises on idol gods in a scene of revelry than it is to lavish praises on idol men now; not much less rational to “toast” gods than it is to “toast” men.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 5:4. And praised the gods of gold — They had gods of all sorts, and of all metals; with wooden gods, and stone gods, beside!