Daniel 5:3

What does Daniel 5:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Daniel 5:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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 lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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 lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, took wine from them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Then they have brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of God that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem, and drunk with them have the king and his great men, his wives and his concubines;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Then were the golden and silver vessels brought, which he had brought away out of the temple that was in Jerusalem: and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house ofGod which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.

Context

v.2Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom.

v.3This passage

v.4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

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