“Come,” they say, “let us get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow will be like today, great beyond measure.”
Daniel 4:4 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living at ease in my home and prospering in my palace. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
“Come,” they say, “let us get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow will be like today, great beyond measure.”
Moab has been at ease from his youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; therefore his flavor has remained and his aroma is unspoiled.
Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon sprawling in the midst of its channels, saying, “My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.”
The thing that the king is asking is too difficult, and no one can reveal it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
Then Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar, was severely distressed for a while. His thoughts terrified him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or the interpretation terrify you.” Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation for your enemies!
Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king the interpretation.
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the people who rest complacently on their dregs, those who say in their hearts, “The Lord will not do good, nor will he do harm.”