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Selected Verse: Daniel 5:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Da 5:4 |
Strong Concordance |
They drank [08355] wine [02562], and praised [07624] the gods [0426] of gold [01722], and of silver [03702], of brass [05174], of iron [06523], of wood [0636], and of stone [069]. |
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King James |
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| praised--sang and shouted praises to "gods," which being of gold, "are their own witnesses" (Isa 44:9), confuting the folly of those who fancy such to be gods. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, ... - Compare the note at Dan 5:1. Idols were made among the pagan of all the materials here mentioned. The word praised here means that they spake in praise of these gods; of their history, of their attributes, of what they had done. Nothing can well be conceived more senseless and stupid than what it is said they did at this feast, and yet it is a fair illustration of what occurs in all the festivals of idolatry. And is what occurs in more civilized Christian lands, in the scenes of carousal and festivity, more rational than this? It was not much worse to lavish praises on idol gods in a scene of revelry than it is to lavish praises on idol men now; not much less rational to "toast" gods than it is to "toast" men. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The warning signs, the astonishment of Belshazzar, the inability of the wise men to give counsel, and the advice of the queen.
Dan 5:4
Unexpectedly and suddenly the wanton mad revelry of the king and his guests was brought to a close amid terror by means of a warning sign. The king saw the finger of a man's hand writing on the plaster of the wall of the festival chamber, and he was so alarmed that his whole body shook. The בּהּ־שׁעתא places the sign in immediate connection with the drinking and the praising of the gods. The translation, in the self-same hour, is already shown to be inadmissible (see under Dan 3:6). The Kethiv נפקוּ (came forth) is not to be rejected as the indefinite determination of the subject, because the subject follows after it; the Keri נפקה is to be rejected, because, though it suits the gender, it does not in respect of number accord with the subject following. The king does not see the whole hand, but only ידא פּס, the end of the hand, that is, the fingers which write. This immediately awakened the thought that the writing was by a supernatural being, and alarmed the king out of his intoxication. The fingers wrote on the plaster of the wall over against the candlestick which stood on the table at which the king sat, and which reflected its light perceptibly on the white wall opposite, so that the fingers writing could be distinctly seen. The feast had been prolonged into the darkness of the night, and the wall of the chamber was not wainscotted, but only plastered with lime, as such chambers are found in the palaces of Nimrud and Khorsabad covered over only with mortar (cf. Layard's Nineveh and Babylon). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And praised the gods of gold - At the same time insulting the great God of heaven and earth. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And praised the gods of gold - They had gods of all sorts, and of all metals; with wooden gods, and stone gods, beside! |
9 They that make [03335] a graven image [06459] are all of them vanity [08414]; and their delectable things [02530] shall not profit [03276]; and they are their own witnesses [05707]; they see [07200] not, nor know [03045]; that they may be ashamed [0954].
1 Belshazzar [01113] the king [04430] made [05648] a great [07229] feast [03900] to a thousand [0506] of his lords [07261], and drank [08355] wine [02562] before [06903] the thousand [0506].
6 And whoso [04479] falleth [05308] not [03809] down [05308] and worshippeth [05457] shall the same hour [08160] be cast [07412] into the midst [01459] of a burning [03345] fiery [05135] furnace [0861].
4 They drank [08355] wine [02562], and praised [07624] the gods [0426] of gold [01722], and of silver [03702], of brass [05174], of iron [06523], of wood [0636], and of stone [069].