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Daniel 5:23 — King James Version← Study notes

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:


Daniel 5:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Daniel 5:2343 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַ֣לwəʿal
and againstadjH5922
against · concerning · for · fore ···
מָרֵֽאmārēʾ
the lord ofadjH4756
Lord
שְׁמַיָּ֣/אšəmayāʾ
heavens theadjH8065
הִתְרוֹמַ֡מְתָּhitərwōmamətā
you have lifted yourself upadjH7313
lift up · set up
וּ/לְ/מָֽאנַיָּ֨/אwləmāʾnayāʾ
and vessels theadjH3984
דִֽיdiy
ofadjH1768
as · for · now · of ···
בַיְתֵ֜/הּbayətēh
house hisadjH1005
הַיְתִ֣יוhayətiyw
they have broughtadjH858
bring
קדמי/ךqdmyk
beforeadjH6925
from · I · me · of ···
קָֽדָמָ֗/ךְqādāmākə
beforeadjH6925
from · I · me · of ···
ו/אנתהwʾnth
as for theeadjH607
thou
וְ/אַ֨נְתְּwəʾanətə
as for theeadjH607
thou
ו/רברבני/ךwrbrbnyk
lordadjH7261
prince
וְ/רַבְרְבָנָ֜/ךְwərabərəbānākə
lordadjH7261
prince
שֵֽׁגְלָתָ֣/ךְšēgəlātākə
wives youradjH7695
וּ/לְחֵנָתָ/ךְ֮wləḥēnātākə
and concubines youradjH3904
חַמְרָ/א֮ḥamərāʾ
wineadjH2562
שָׁתַ֣יִןšātayin
are drinkingadjH8355
בְּ/הוֹן֒bəhwōn
adj
וְ/לֵֽ/אלָהֵ֣יwəlēʾlāhēy
and the gods ofadjH426
god
כַסְפָּֽ/אkasəpāʾ
silveradjH3702
silver
וְ֠/דַהֲבָ/אwədahăbāʾ
and goldadjH1722
נְחָשָׁ֨/אnəḥāšāʾ
bronzeadjH5174
פַרְזְלָ֜/אparəzəlāʾ
ironadjH6523
אָעָ֣/אʾāʿāʾ
woodadjH636
wood
וְ/אַבְנָ֗/אwəʾabənāʾ
and stoneadjH69
דִּ֠יdiy
whoadjH1768
as · for · now · of ···
לָֽאlāʾ
notadjH3809
neither · no(-ne · -r) · not ···
חָזַ֧יִןḥāzayin
are seeingadjH2370
have · see · be wont
וְ/לָאwəlāʾ
and notadjH3809
neither · no(-ne · -r) · not ···
שָׁמְעִ֛יןšāməʿiyn
are hearingadjH8086
obey
וְ/לָ֥אwəlāʾ
and notadjH3809
neither · no(-ne · -r) · not ···
יָדְעִ֖יןyādəʿiyn
are knowingadjH3046
know · make known · teach
שַׁבַּ֑חְתָּšabaḥətā
you have praisedadjH7624
וְ/לֵֽ/אלָהָ֞/אwəlēʾlāhāʾ
and God theadjH426
god
דִּֽיdiy
whoadjH1768
as · for · now · of ···
נִשְׁמְתָ֥/ךְnišəmətākə
breath youradjH5396
בִּ/ידֵ֛/הּbiydēh
is in hand hisadjH3028
power
וְ/כָלwəkāl
and alladjH3606
any · + as · + be- cause · every ···
אֹרְחָתָ֥/ךְʾōrəḥātākə
ways youradjH735
לֵ֖/הּlēh
adj
לָ֥אlāʾ
notadjH3809
neither · no(-ne · -r) · not ···
הַדַּֽרְתָּhadarətā
you have glorifiedadjH1922
honour
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Sofia AndradeNote1mo ago
The beauty of holiness - Daniel 5
I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. Faith isn't the absence of doubt - it's choosing to believe despite it. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss. T...
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