Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- KJV Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- NKJV Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand.
- NASB Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
- NLT Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
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Belshazzar holds a great feast for a thousand of his lords. The scene of reckless revelry opens the night of Babylon's fall.
Overview
Years after Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar rules a Babylon now under threat, yet he feasts in arrogant security. His lavish banquet contrasts sharply with the danger at the city gates. The careless indulgence sets the stage for a sudden judgment that will repeat, far more severely, the lesson Nebuchadnezzar learned about pride before God.
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- Esth 1:3In 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.
- Mark 6:21–22On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
- Jer 51:57I 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.
- Jer 51:39While 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.
- Isa 21:4–5My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
- Isa 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Isa 22:14The 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.
- Gen 40:20On 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.
- Nah 1:10For 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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