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 · 2000

In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The same night Baltasar, the Chaldean king, was slain.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

Context

v.29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

v.30This passage

v.31And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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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