Daniel 5:4

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

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 5:4 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 16:23Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
  2. 1 Kings 1:49At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.
  3. Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
  4. Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
  5. Isaiah 40:19To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
  6. Isaiah 42:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
  7. Isaiah 42:17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
  8. Isaiah 46:6They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
  9. Jeremiah 10:4They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
  10. Daniel 3:1King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
  11. Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
  12. Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
  13. Hosea 2:8For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.
  14. Habakkuk 2:19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
  15. Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
  16. Acts 19:24It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
  17. Revelation 9:20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

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