And all those who were invited by Adonijah trembled and arose and left, each to his way.
Daniel 5:4 - Modern King James Version They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
And all those who were invited by Adonijah trembled and arose and left, each to his way.
They are turned back, they are greatly ashamed, those who trust in graven images and who say to the images, You are our gods.
I am Jehovah; that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.
But Daniel laid on his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank. So he asked permission of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth and His ways judgment. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble.
But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of Heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you; and you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand is your breath and all your ways.
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God in Jerusalem. And the king, and his rulers, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
At that moment fingers of a man's hand came out and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace across from the lampstand. And the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
So now they shall go into exile with the first of the exiles. And the feast of those who stretch themselves shall cease.
Woe to him who says to the wood. Awake! To a dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and no breath is in its midst.
Then being offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and man's imagination.