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 · 2000Then 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 · 1611Then 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 · 1901Then 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 · 1949Then 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 · 1862Then 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) · 1752Then 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 · 1890Then 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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