2While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his father5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18 had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.
25:2 Or Under the influence of the wineWhile he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which his 5:2 Or forefather, and so throughout the chfather Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them.
2When Belshazzar tasted the wine, he gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.
2Belshazzar, as he tasted the wine, gave a command to bring in the gold and silver vessels which his 5:2 This Aramaic word (see note 2:4) may also mean “ancestor” (see vv 11, 13, 18).father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the 5:2 Gold utensils had been used in the temple building itself, and silver utensils had originally been stored in the “treasuries of the house of God” (2 Chr 5:1).temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his 5:2 See note Gen 22:24.concubines might drink from them.
2Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father5:2 Or predecessor or grandfather; also in verses 11, 13, and 18 had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
2While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to his servants. He commanded them to bring in some gold and silver cups. They were the cups his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. Belshazzar had them brought in so everyone could drink from them. That included the king himself, his nobles, his wives and his concubines.