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Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar
Pride
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.

2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

3 Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

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BSB
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
KJV
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
WEB
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
ASV
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
DARBY
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.
BLB
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he was drinking wine.
ÅB
Kong Belsasar gjorde et stort gjestebud for sine tusen stormenn, og han drakk vin for deres øyne.
OTB
Kong Belsasar holdt et stort gjestebud for tusen av sine stormenn, og han drakk vin i deres nærvær.
B1930
Kong Belsasar gjorde et stort gjestebud for sine tusen stormenn, og han drakk vin for deres øine.

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Cross references

  • Esther 1:3

    In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

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  • Genesis 40:20

    On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

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  • Mark 6:21–22

    On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

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  • Jeremiah 51:39

    While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 51:57

    I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

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  • Nahum 1:10

    For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

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  • Isaiah 22:12

    On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

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  • Isaiah 22:14

    The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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