Daniel 5:4 - The Scriptures 1998 They drank wine, and praised the elahin of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood and of stone. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone. American Standard Version (1901) They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. Common English Bible They drank a lot of wine; and they praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Catholic Public Domain Version They drank wine, and they praised their gods of gold, and silver, brass, iron, and wood and stone. English Standard Version 2016 They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. |
“Those who trust in idols, who say to the moulded images, ‘You are our mighty ones,’ shall be turned back, utterly ashamed.
“I am יהוה, that is My Name, and My esteem I do not give to another, nor My praise to idols.
“And you have lifted yourself up against the Master of the heavens. And they brought before you the vessels of His house, and you and your great men, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them. And you have praised the elahin of silver, and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which neither see nor hear nor know. But the Elah who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not made great.
At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the sovereign’s palace. And the sovereign saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Therefore they shall now go into exile, with the first of the exiles, and the feasting of the stretched-out ones shall cease!
“Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Is it a teacher? See, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no spirit at all inside it.
“Now then, since we are the offspring of Elohim, we should not think that the Elohim is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by the skill and thought of man.