Daniel 5:30
What does Daniel 5:30 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 5:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
KJV
King James Version · 1611In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The same night Baltasar, the Chaldean king, was slain.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 51:57
And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
- Isaiah 21:4
My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
- Jeremiah 51:39
When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.
- Daniel 5:1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- Isaiah 47:9
but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.
- Jeremiah 51:11
Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath 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 Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
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