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Daniel 5:1

NETBible	King Belshazzar¹ prepared a great banquet² for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of³ them all.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Dan 5:1	King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them.
NASB © biblegateway Dan 5:1	Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
NLT © biblegateway Dan 5:1	A number of years later, King Belshazzar gave a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them.
MSG © biblegateway Dan 5:1	King Belshazzar held a great feast for his one thousand nobles. The wine flowed freely.
BBE © SABDAweb Dan 5:1	Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.
NRSV © bibleoremus Dan 5:1	King Belshazzar made a great festival for a thousand of his lords, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
NKJV © biblegateway Dan 5:1	Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand.
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KJV	Belshazzar <01113> the king <04430> made <05648> (8754) a great <07229> feast <03900> to a thousand <0506> of his lords <07261>_, and drank <08355> (8750) wine <02562> before <06903> the thousand <0506>_.
NASB © biblegateway Dan 5:1	Belshazzar <01113> the king <04430> held <05648> a great <07229> feast <03900> for a thousand <0506> of his nobles <07261> , and he was drinking <08355> wine <02562> in the presence <06903> of the thousand <0506> .
LXXM	baltasar {N-PRI} o <3588> T-NSM basileuv <935> N-NSM epoihsen <4160> V-AAI-3S deipnon <1173> N-ASN mega <3173> A-ASN toiv <3588> T-DPM megistasin {N-DPM} autou <846> D-GSM cilioiv <5507> A-DPM kai <2532> CONJ katenanti {PREP} twn <3588> T-GPM ciliwn <5507> A-GPM o <3588> T-NSM oinov <3631> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ pinwn <4095> V-PAPNS
NET [draft] ITL	King <04430> Belshazzar <01113> prepared <05648> a great <07229> banquet <03900> for a thousand <0506> of his nobles <07261> , and he was drinking <08355> wine <02562> in front <06903> of them all <0506> .
HEBREW	hts <08355> armx <02562> apla <0506> lbqlw <06903> Pla <0506> yhwnbrbrl <07261> br <07229> Mxl <03900> dbe <05648> aklm <04430> ruaslb (5:1) <01113>

NETBible

King Belshazzar¹ prepared a great banquet² for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of³ them all.⁴

NET Notes

¹sn As is clear from the extra-biblical records, it was actually Nabonidus (ca. 556-539 B.C.) who was king of Babylon at this time. However, Nabonidus spent long periods of time at Teima, and during those times Belshazzar his son was de facto king of Babylon. This arrangement may help to explain why later in this chapter Belshazzar promises that the successful interpreter of the handwriting on the wall will be made third ruler in the kingdom. If Belshazzar was in effect second ruler in the kingdom, this would be the highest honor he could grant.

²sn This scene of a Babylonian banquet calls to mind a similar grandiose event recorded in Esth 1:3-8. Persian kings were also renowned in the ancient Near Eastern world for their lavish banquets.

³sn The king probably sat at an elevated head table.

⁴tn Aram “the thousand.”