Daniel 5:4

4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Daniel 5:4 in Other Translations

4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

4 They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

4 While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

4 They drank the wine and drunkenly praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

4 They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Daniel 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:4

They drunk wine
That is, out of the vessels of the temple at Jerusalem, and perhaps till they were drunk: and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of
wood, and of stone;
for they had gods of all these materials; (See Gill on Daniel 1:2), and these they praised by offering sacrifices unto them; or rather by singing songs, and drinking healths, and by ascribing all their victories over the nations of the world to them; as that by their means they had got such large dominions, and such great wealth and treasures, and particularly these vessels of gold and silver; and so insulted and triumphed over the God of Israel, and defied the prophecies and promises of the deliverance of them that went under his name.

Daniel 5:4 In-Context

2 While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.

3 So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them.

4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

6 His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 16:24
• 2. S Esther 1:10; Psalms 135:15-18; Habakkuk 2:19; Revelation 9:20