Daniel 5:23

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sondern du hast dich über den Herrn des Himmels erhoben; und man hat die Gefäße seines Hauses vor dich gebracht, und du und deine Gewaltigen, deine Frauen und Nebenfrauen haben Wein daraus getrunken, und du hast die silbernen und goldenen, ehernen, eisernen, hölzernen und steinernen Götzen gepriesen, die weder sehen noch hören noch verstehen; den Gott aber, in dessen Hand dein Odem und alle deine Wege sind, hast du nicht verherrlicht!

Parallel Translations

Lutherbible (1912)
sondern hast dich wider den HERRN des Himmels erhoben, und die Gefäße seines Hauses hat man vor dich bringen müssen, und du, deine Gewaltigen, deine Weiber und deine Kebsweiber habt daraus getrunken, dazu die silbernen, goldenen, ehernen, eisernen, hölzernen und steinernen Götter gelobt, die weder sehen noch hören noch fühlen; den Gott aber, der deinen Odem und alle deine Wege in seiner Hand hat, hast du nicht geehrt.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lifted: Daniel 5:3, Daniel 5:4, 2 Kings 14:10, Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 33:10, Isaiah 37:23, Jeremiah 50:29, Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 28:5, Ezekiel 28:17, Ezekiel 31:10, Habakkuk 2:4, 1 Timothy 3:6, Revelation 13:5, Revelation 13:6

the Lord: Daniel 4:37, Genesis 14:19, Psalms 115:16

and they: Daniel 5:2-4, 1 Samuel 5:1-9

hast praised: Judges 16:23

which: Psalms 115:4-8, Psalms 135:15-17, Isaiah 37:19, Isaiah 46:6, Isaiah 46:7, Habakkuk 2:18, Habakkuk 2:19, 1 Corinthians 8:4

in whose: Genesis 2:7, Job 12:10, Job 34:14, Job 34:15, Psalms 104:29, Psalms 146:4, Isaiah 42:5, Acts 17:25, Acts 17:28, Acts 17:29

and whose: Job 31:4, Psalms 139:3, Proverbs 20:24, Jeremiah 10:23, Hebrews 4:13

hast thou: Romans 1:21-23

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:17 - thou shalt Exodus 20:23 - General Exodus 32:18 - but the Judges 9:27 - the house Judges 16:24 - praised 1 Samuel 5:2 - of Dagon 1 Kings 17:17 - that there was 1 Kings 18:26 - no voice 1 Chronicles 10:9 - tidings 2 Chronicles 4:19 - all the vessels 2 Chronicles 24:7 - did they bestow 2 Chronicles 32:25 - his heart 2 Chronicles 36:10 - goodly vessels 2 Chronicles 36:12 - humbled 2 Chronicles 36:23 - All the kingdoms Ezra 1:2 - Lord God Ezra 1:7 - Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah 9:10 - they Job 15:25 - he stretcheth Psalms 10:4 - will not Psalms 69:12 - drunkards Proverbs 18:12 - destruction Proverbs 24:12 - that keepeth Isaiah 5:12 - the harp Isaiah 13:11 - and I will cause Isaiah 40:20 - chooseth Isaiah 44:8 - ye are Isaiah 44:9 - and their Isaiah 47:8 - I am Jeremiah 27:22 - carried Jeremiah 48:26 - for he Jeremiah 50:28 - to declare Jeremiah 50:32 - the most proud Ezekiel 16:49 - pride Ezekiel 28:9 - say Ezekiel 31:14 - the end Daniel 3:1 - made Daniel 8:11 - he magnified Daniel 11:12 - his heart Hosea 2:8 - her corn Hosea 7:5 - with scorners Habakkuk 1:16 - they Habakkuk 2:5 - he transgresseth Luke 16:25 - remember 1 Corinthians 4:7 - why 2 Corinthians 10:5 - and every Hebrews 10:26 - if Revelation 9:20 - and idols Revelation 16:9 - and they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven,.... Who made it, and dwells in it; from whence he beholds all the actions of the children of men, and will bring them to an account for them; and yet, though so high and great, such was the insolence of this king, that he dared to lift up himself against him, as if he was above him, and greater than he; and indeed so it may be rendered, "above the Lord of heaven" x; which showed his great pride and vanity, his want of knowledge, both of himself, and of the true God. This name of God is the same with Beelsamen y; by which the Phoenicians used to call him:

and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee; that is, his servants by his orders had brought the vessels of the temple at Jerusalem, which Nebuchadnezzar had took from thence, and set them upon his table for him and his company to drink out of; which is an instance of the pride of his heart, and of his daring boldness and impiety; see Daniel 5:2:

and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drank wine in them; even that very day or night: this Daniel had knowledge of by some means or another; and his intelligence was so good that he could with great certainty affirm it:

and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone; see Daniel 5:4:

which see not, nor hear, nor know; no more, than the various metals and materials of which they are made; and therefore it must be great madness and folly to praise such as gods that are below men, and even brutes; have neither the sense of animals, nor the knowledge of men; see

Psalms 115:4:

and the God in whose hand thy breath is; who gave it to him at first, and as yet continued it in him, and could take it away when he pleased: and whose are all thy ways; counsels and designs, works and actions; under whose direction and control they all are; the events, issue, and success of which all depend upon him; see Jeremiah 10:23:

him hast thou not glorified; by owning him as the only true God; ascribing all he was and had unto him, and giving due worship, adoration, and honour to him; but, on the contrary, setting up his idol gods above him, and treating him, and everything belonging to him, with ignominy and contempt.

x על מרי שמיא "super Dominum coeli", Montanus; "super Dominum scelorum", Michaelis. y Sanchoniatho apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 1. c. 9. p. 34.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven - The God who had so signally rebuked and humbled Nebuchadnezzar. The monarch had done this, it would seem, during the whole of his reign, and now by a crowning act of impiety he had evinced special disregard of him, and contempt for him, by profaning the sacred vessels of his temple.

And they have brought the vessels of his house before thee ... - See the note at Daniel 5:2.

And the God in whose hand thy breath is - Under whose power, and at whose disposal, is thy life. While you have been celebrating the praises of idol gods, who can do you neither good nor evil, you have been showing special contempt for that great Being who keeps you in existence, and who has power to take away your life at any moment. What is here said of Belshazzar is true of all men - high and low, rich and poor, bond and free, princes and people. It is a deeply affecting consideration, that the breath, on which our life depends, and which is itself so frail a thing, is in the “hand” of a Being who is invisible to us, over whom we can have no control; who can arrest it when he pleases; who has given us no intimation when he will do it, and who often does it so suddenly as to defy all previous calculation and hope. Nothing is more absolute than the power which God holds over the breath of men, yet there is nothing which is less recognized than that power, and nothing which men are less disposed to acknowledge than their dependence on him for it.

And whose are all thy ways - That is, he has power to control thee in all thy ways. You can go nowhere without his permission; you can never, when abroad, return to your home without the direction of his providence. What is here said, also, is as true of all others as it was of the Chaldean prince. “It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.” “A man’s heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps.” None of us can take a step without his permission; none can go forth on a journey to a distant land without his constant superintending care; none can return without his favor. And yet how little is this recognized! How few feel it when they go out and come in; when they go forth to their daily employments; when they start on a voyage or journey; when they propose to return to their homes!

Hast thou not glorified - That is, thou hast not honored him by a suitable acknowledgment of dependence on him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord — And the highest evidence of this rebellion was, the profaning the sacred vessels of the Lord's house.