That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.
Parallel translations
- WEB In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
- KJV In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
- BSB That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
- NKJV That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.
- NASB That same night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.
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Quick answer
That very night Belshazzar is killed, fulfilling God's word without delay. The judgment announced is swiftly carried out.
Overview
The prophecy is realized the same night it is given, as Babylon falls to the Medo-Persian forces. God's word does not return void, and what He declares comes to pass exactly. The sudden end of the proud king stands as a solemn testimony that the Lord judges in His appointed hour.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jer 51:31One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.
- Jer 51:39When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says Yahweh.
- Jer 51:57I will make her princes, her wise men, her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk. They will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.
- Jer 51:11“Make the arrows sharp! Hold the shields firmly! Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple.
- Isa 21:4–9My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
- Isa 47:9But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in their full measure, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
- Dan 5:1–2Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
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