They come and say,\par “I will drink some wine.\par I will drink some beer.\par I will do the same thing tomorrow.\par Only, I will drink even more.”\par
Daniel 4:4 - Easy To Read Version I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at my palace. {\cf2\super [38]} I was happy and successful. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house and prospering in my palace. American Standard Version (1901) I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. Common English Bible “While I, Nebuchadnezzar, was safe in my house, content in my palace, Catholic Public Domain Version Then the seers, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers entered, and I explained about the dream in their presence, but they did not reveal its answer to me. English Standard Version 2016 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace. |
They come and say,\par “I will drink some wine.\par I will drink some beer.\par I will do the same thing tomorrow.\par Only, I will drink even more.”\par
“Moab has never known trouble.\par Moab is like wine left to settle.\par Moab has never been poured\par from one jar to another.\par He has not been taken into captivity.\par So he tastes like he did before.\par And his smell has not changed.”\par
Your beauty made you proud.\par Your glory ruined your wisdom.\par So I threw you down to the ground.\par And now other kings stare at you.\par
The king is asking something that is too hard to do. Only the gods could tell the king his dream and what it means. But the gods don’t live with people.”
Then Daniel (also named Belteshazzar) became very quiet for about an hour. The things he was thinking bothered him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar (Daniel), don’t let the dream or its meaning make you afraid.”
So all the king’s wise men came in. But they could not read the writing. They could not understand what it meant.
“At that time, I will take a lamp and search through Jerusalem. I will find all the people that are satisfied to live their own way. Those people say, ‘The Lord does nothing. He does not help and he does not hurt!’ I will find those people and I will punish them!