And on the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, it came to be that he made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and of the chief baker among his servants,
Daniel 5:1 - The Scriptures 1998 Bĕ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition BELSHAZZAR THE king [descendant of Nebuchadnezzar] made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and he drank his wine in the presence of the thousand. American Standard Version (1901) Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Common English Bible King Belshazzar threw a huge party for a thousand of his princes, and he drank a lot of wine in front of them. Catholic Public Domain Version Belshazzar, the king, made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and each one of them drank according to his age. English Standard Version 2016 King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. |
And on the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, it came to be that he made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and of the chief baker among his servants,
that in the third year of his reign he made a feast for all his officials and servants. The power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces were before him,
And in that day the Master יהוה of hosts called for weeping and for mourning, for baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
And it was revealed in my hearing by יהוה of hosts, “For this crookedness shall certainly not be pardoned until you die,” said the Master יהוה of hosts.
“A sword is upon the Chaldeans,” declares יהוה, “and it is upon the inhabitants of Baḇ
“In their heat I prepare their feasts. And I shall make them drunk, so that they rejoice, and sleep a neverending sleep and not awake,” declares יהוה.
“And I shall make her rulers drunk, and her wise men, her governors, and her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a lasting sleep, and not awake,” declares the Sovereign, whose Name is יהוה of hosts.
Though they are as entangled thorns, and as drunkards with their drink, they shall be consumed like stubble thoroughly dried.