Daniel 4:1-3

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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Tree

4 ^[a]King Nebuchadnezzar,

To the nations and peoples of every language,^(A) who live in all the earth:

May you prosper greatly!^(B)

²It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs^(C) and wonders that the Most High God^(D) has performed for me.

³How great are his signs,
how mighty his wonders!^(E)
His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;
his dominion endures^(F) from generation to generation.

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Footnotes

Daniel 4:1 In Aramaic texts 4:1-3 is numbered 3:31-33, and 4:4-37 is numbered 4:1-34.

Daniel 4:17

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¹⁷“‘The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High^(A) is sovereign^(B) over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest^(C) of people.’

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Daniel 4:17 in all English translations

Daniel 4:34-35

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³⁴At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity^(A) was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.^(B)

His dominion is an eternal dominion;
    his kingdom^(C) endures from generation to generation.^(D)
³⁵All the peoples of the earth
    are regarded as nothing.^(E)
He does as he pleases^(F)
    with the powers of heaven
    and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back^(G) his hand^(H)
    or say to him: “What have you done?”^(I)

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Daniel 4:37

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³⁷Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt^(A) and glorify^(B) the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just.^(C) And those who walk in pride^(D) he is able to humble.^(E)