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Daniel 5:4

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִשְׁתִּ֖יו'ish.Tivthey drankH8355 →
חַמְרָ֑אcham.Ra'wine theH2562 →
וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּVe.sha.ba.chuand they praisedH7624 →
לֵֽאלָהֵ֞יle.la.Hei<obj.> [the] gods ofH426 →
דַּהֲבָ֧אda.ha.Va'<the> goldH1722 →
וְכַסְפָּ֛אve.khas.Pa'and <the> silverH3702 →
נְחָשָׁ֥אne.cha.Sha'<the> bronzeH5174 →
פַרְזְלָ֖אfar.ze.La'<the> ironH6523 →
אָעָ֥א'a.'A'<the> woodH636 →
וְאַבְנָֽא׃ve.'av.Na'and <the> stoneH69 →

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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.James 5:13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.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.”Psalms 135:15–18The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.Revelation 9:20–21Now 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.Judges 16:24And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”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.Isaiah 42:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.Psalms 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.Isaiah 40:19–20To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?Isaiah 46:6–7They 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.Jeremiah 10:4–9They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.1 Corinthians 8:5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),Ezekiel 20:32When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.Hosea 2:8–13For 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.Daniel 3:1–18King 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.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.Isaiah 42:17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.

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