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Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar
Pride
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

2 Belshazzar, 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.

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.

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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, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

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  • Genesis 40:20

    And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

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  • Mark 6:21–22

    And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;

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  • Jeremiah 51:39

    In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 51:57

    And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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  • Nahum 1:10

    For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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  • Isaiah 22:12

    And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

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  • Isaiah 22:14

    And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

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