Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
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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They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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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.
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Daniel 5
2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
3 Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
4 As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
5 At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
6 his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
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