The third day thereafter was the birthday of Pharaoh. And making a great feast for his servants, he remembered, during the banquet, the chief cupbearer and the chief miller of grain.
Daniel 5:1 - 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. English Standard Version 2016 King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. Good News Translation One night King Belshazzar invited a thousand noblemen to a great banquet, and they drank wine together. |
The third day thereafter was the birthday of Pharaoh. And making a great feast for his servants, he remembered, during the banquet, the chief cupbearer and the chief miller of grain.
Now he was one of a number of captives, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judah.
And in that day, the Lord, the God of hosts, will call to weeping and mourning, to baldness and the wearing of sackcloth.
And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you, until you die," says the Lord, the God of hosts.
A sword is for the Chaldeans, says the Lord, and for the inhabitants of Babylon, and for her leaders, and for her wise ones.
In their heat, I will give them a drink, and I will inebriate them, so that they become drowsy, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and do not rise up, says the Lord.
"And I will inebriate her leaders, and her wise ones, and her military rulers, and her civil rulers, and her strong ones. And they will sleep an everlasting sleep, and they will not awaken," says the King: the Lord of hosts is his name.
For just as thorns entwine one another, so also, while they are feasting and drinking together, they will be consumed like stubble that is completely dry.