Daniel 4

New English Translation

4 (3:31)^[a] King Nebuchadnezzar, to all peoples, nations, and language groups that live in all the land: “Peace and prosperity!^[b] ²I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.

³“How great are his signs!

How mighty are his wonders!
His kingdom will last forever,^[c]
and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

Nebuchadnezzar Dreams of a Tree Chopped Down

⁴(4:1)^[d] I, Nebuchadnezzar, was relaxing in my home,^[e] living luxuriously^[f] in my palace. ⁵I saw a dream that^[g] frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed—these visions of my mind—were terrifying me. ⁶So I issued an order^[h] for all the wise men of Babylon to be brought^[i] before me so that they could make known to me the interpretation of the dream. ⁷When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me. ⁸Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god,^[j] and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well, ⁹saying, “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider^[k] my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation! ¹⁰Here are the visions of my mind^[l] while I was on my bed.

“While I was watching,
there was a tree in the middle of the land.^[m]
It was enormously tall.^[n]
¹¹The tree grew large and strong.
Its top reached far into the sky;
it could be seen^[o] from the borders of all the land.^[p]
¹²Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful;
on it there was food enough for all.
Under it the wild animals^[q] used to seek shade,
and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest.
All creatures^[r] used to feed themselves from it.
¹³While I was watching in my mind’s visions^[s] on my bed,

a holy sentinel^[t] came down from heaven.
¹⁴He called out loudly^[u] as follows:^[v]
‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches!
Strip off its foliage
and scatter its fruit!
Let the animals flee from under it
and the birds from its branches.
¹⁵But leave its taproot^[w] in the ground,
with a band of iron and bronze around it^[x]
surrounded by the grass of the field.
Let it become damp with the dew of the sky,
and let it live with^[y] the animals in the grass of the land.
¹⁶Let his mind^[z] be altered from that of a human being,
and let an animal’s mind be given to him,
and let seven periods of time^[aa] go by for^[ab] him.
¹⁷This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels;
this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones,
so that^[ac] those who are alive may understand
that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms,^[ad]
and he bestows them on whomever he wishes.
He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

¹⁸“This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its^[ae] interpretation, for none of the wise men in^[af] my kingdom are able to make known to me the interpretation. But you can do so, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

¹⁹Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time;^[ag] his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir,^[ah] if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries! ²⁰The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and that could be seen^[ai] in all the land, ²¹whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals^[aj] used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest— ²²it is you,^[ak] O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth. ²³As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him’— ²⁴this is the interpretation, O king. It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king. ²⁵You will be driven^[al] from human society,^[am] and you will live^[an] with the wild animals. You will be fed^[ao] grass like oxen,^[ap] and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before^[aq] you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes. ²⁶They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven^[ar] rules. ²⁷Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.”^[as]

²⁸Now all this happened^[at] to King Nebuchadnezzar. ²⁹After twelve months, he happened to be walking around on the battlements^[au] of the royal palace of Babylon. ³⁰The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence^[av] by my own mighty strength^[aw] and for my majestic honor?” ³¹While these words were still on the king’s lips,^[ax] a voice came down from heaven: “It is hereby announced to you,^[ay] King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you! ³²You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before^[az] you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.”

³³Now in that very moment^[ba] this pronouncement about^[bb] Nebuchadnezzar came true.^[bc] He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws.^[bd]

³⁴But at the end of the appointed time^[be] I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up^[bf] toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.

I extolled the Most High,

and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.
For his authority is an everlasting authority,
and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
³⁵All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.^[bg]
He does as he wishes with the army of heaven
and with those who inhabit the earth.
No one slaps^[bh] his hand
and says to him, ‘What have you done?’

³⁶At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored^[bi] to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated^[bj] over my kingdom. I became even greater than before. ³⁷Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live^[bk] in pride.

Footnotes

Daniel 4:1 sn Beginning with 4:1, the verse numbers through 4:37 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Aramaic text (BHS), with 4:1 ET = 3:31 AT, 4:2 ET = 3:32 AT, 4:3 ET = 3:33 AT, 4:4 ET = 4:1 AT, etc., through 4:37 ET = 4:34 AT. Thus Dan 3:31-33 of the Aramaic text appears as Dan 4:1-3 in the English Bible, and the corresponding verses of ch. 4 differ accordingly. In spite of the division of the Aramaic text, a good case can be made that 3:31-33 AT (= 4:1-3 ET) is actually the introduction to ch. 4.
Daniel 4:1 tn Aram “May your peace increase!”
Daniel 4:3 tn Aram “His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”
Daniel 4:4 sn This verse marks the beginning of chap. 4 in the Aramaic text of Daniel (see the note on 4:1). The Greek OT (LXX) has the following addition: “In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign he said.” This date would suggest a link to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 b.c. In general, the LXX of chapters 4-6 is very different from the MT, so much so that the following notes will call attention only to selected readings. In Daniel 4 the LXX lacks sizable portions of material in the MT (e.g., vv. 3-6, 31-32), includes sizable portions of material not in the MT (e.g., v. 14a, parts of vv. 16, 28), has a different order of some material (e.g., v. 8 after v. 9), and in some instances is vastly different from the MT (e.g., vv. 30, 34). Whether these differences are due to an excessively paraphrastic translation technique adopted for these chapters in the LXX, or are due to differences in the underlying Vorlage of the LXX, is a disputed matter. The latter seems more likely. There is a growing trend in modern scholarship to take the LXX of chapters 4-6 much more seriously than was the case in most earlier text-critical studies that considered this issue.
Daniel 4:4 tn Aram “my house.”
Daniel 4:4 tn Aram “happy.”
Daniel 4:5 tn Aram “and it.”
Daniel 4:6 tn Aram “from me there was placed a decree.”
Daniel 4:6 tn The Aramaic infinitive here is active.
Daniel 4:8 sn This explanation of the meaning of the name Belteshazzar may be more of a paronomasia than a strict etymology. See the note at 1:7. The king's god was Marduk, who was called Bel (“Lord”).
Daniel 4:9 tc The present translation assumes the reading חֲזִי (khazi, “consider”) rather than the MT חֶזְוֵי (khezve, “visions”). The MT implies that the king required Daniel to disclose both the dream and its interpretation, as in chapter 2. But in the following verses Nebuchadnezzar recounts his dream, while Daniel presents only its interpretation.
Daniel 4:10 tc The LXX lacks the first two words (Aram “the visions of my head”) of the Aramaic text.
Daniel 4:10 tn Instead of “in the middle of the land,” some English versions render this phrase “a tree at the center of the earth” (NRSV); NAB, CEV “of the world”; NLT “in the middle of the earth.” The Hebrew phrase can have either meaning.
Daniel 4:10 tn Aram “its height was great.”
Daniel 4:11 tn Aram “its sight,” as also v. 17.
Daniel 4:11 tn Or “to the end of all the earth” (so KJV, ASV); NCV, CEV “from anywhere on earth.”
Daniel 4:12 tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”
Daniel 4:12 tn Aram “all flesh.”
Daniel 4:13 tn Aram “the visions of my head.”
Daniel 4:13 tn Aram “a watcher and a holy one.” The expression is a hendiadys, as also in v. 23. This “watcher” is apparently an angel. The Greek OT (LXX) in fact has ἄγγελος (angelos, “angel”) here. Theodotion simply transliterates the Aramaic word (ʿir). The term is sometimes rendered “sentinel” (NAB) or “messenger” (NIV, NLT).
Daniel 4:14 tn Aram “in strength.”
Daniel 4:14 tn Aram “and thus he was saying.”
Daniel 4:15 tn Aram “the stock of its root,” as also in v. 23. The implication here is that although the tree is chopped down, it is not killed. Its life-giving root is spared. The application to Nebuchadnezzar is obvious.
Daniel 4:15 sn The function of the band of iron and bronze is not entirely clear, but it may have had to do with preventing the splitting or further deterioration of the portion of the tree that was left after being chopped down. By application it would then refer to the preservation of Nebuchadnezzar’s life during the time of his insanity.
Daniel 4:15 tn Aram “its lot be.”
Daniel 4:16 tn Aram “its heart.” The metaphor of the tree begins to fade here and the reality behind the symbol (the king) begins to emerge.
Daniel 4:16 sn The seven periods of time probably refer to seven years.
Daniel 4:16 tn Aram “over” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).
Daniel 4:17 tc The present translation follows an underlying reading of עַל־דִּבְרַת (ʿal divrat, “so that”) rather than MT עַד־דִּבְרַת (ʿad divrat, “until”).
Daniel 4:17 tn Aram “the kingdom of man”; NASB “the realm of mankind”; NCV “every kingdom on earth.”
Daniel 4:18 tc The present translation, as also in the next verse, reads פִּשְׁרֵהּ (pishreh, “its interpretation”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss; the Kethib is פִּשְׁרָא (pishraʾ, “the interpretation”).
Daniel 4:18 tn Aram “of.”
Daniel 4:19 tn Aram “about one hour.” The expression refers idiomatically to a brief period of time of undetermined length.
Daniel 4:19 tn Aram “my lord.”
Daniel 4:20 tn Aram “its sight.”
Daniel 4:21 tn Aram “the beasts of the field” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).
Daniel 4:22 sn Much of modern scholarship views this chapter as a distortion of traditions that were originally associated with Nabonidus rather than with Nebuchadnezzar. A Qumran text, the Prayer of Nabonidus, is often cited for parallels to these events.
Daniel 4:25 tn The Aramaic indefinite active plural is used here like the English passive, as also in vv. 28, 29, and 32.
Daniel 4:25 tn Aram “from mankind,” as also in v. 32.
Daniel 4:25 tn Aram “your dwelling will be,” as also in v. 32.
Daniel 4:25 tn Or perhaps: “be made to eat.”
Daniel 4:25 sn Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity has features that are associated with the mental disorder boanthropy, in which the person so afflicted imagines himself to be an ox or a similar animal and behaves accordingly.
Daniel 4:25 tn Aram “until.”
Daniel 4:26 sn The reference to heaven here is a circumlocution for God. There was a tendency in Jewish contexts to avoid direct reference to God. Compare the expression “kingdom of heaven” in the NT and such statements as: “I have sinned against heaven and in your sight” (Luke 15:21).
Daniel 4:27 tn Aram “if there may be a lengthening to your prosperity.”
Daniel 4:28 tn Aram “reached.”
Daniel 4:29 tn The word “battlements” is not in the text but is supplied from context. Many English versions supply “roof” here (e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); cf. NLT “on the flat roof.”
Daniel 4:30 tn Aram “house.”
Daniel 4:30 tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”
Daniel 4:31 tn Aram “in the mouth of the king.”
Daniel 4:31 tn Aram “to you they say.”
Daniel 4:32 tn Aram “until.”
Daniel 4:33 tn Aram “hour.”
Daniel 4:33 tn Or “on.”
Daniel 4:33 tn Aram “was fulfilled.”
Daniel 4:33 tn The words “feathers” and “claws” are not present in the Aramaic text, but have been added in the translation for clarity.
Daniel 4:34 tn Aram “days.”
Daniel 4:34 tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”
Daniel 4:35 tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (k^elaʾ), with many medieval Hebrew mss, rather than כְּלָה (k^elah) of BHS.
Daniel 4:35 tn Aram “strikes against.”
Daniel 4:36 tc The translation reads הַדְרֵת (hadret, “I returned”) rather than the MT הַדְרִי (hadri, “my honor”); cf. Theodotion.
Daniel 4:36 tc The translation reads הָתְקְנֵת (hotq^enet, “I was established”) rather than the MT הָתְקְנַת (hotq^enat, “it was established”). The MT could read: “And regarding my kingdom, it was established.”
Daniel 4:37 tn Aram “walk.”

但以理书 4

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

尼布甲尼撒的第二个梦

4 尼布甲尼撒王传谕天下各族、各邦、各语种的人：“愿你们大享平安！ ²我乐意向你们述说至高的上帝对我所行的神迹奇事。

³“祂的神迹何其伟大！
祂的奇事何其可畏！
祂的国度永远长存，
祂的统治直到万代。

⁴“我尼布甲尼撒安居在家，在宫中享受荣华。 ⁵但我做了一个梦，令我害怕。我躺在床上的时候，脑中出现的情景和异象使我恐惧。 ⁶我便召巴比伦所有的智者来为我解梦。 ⁷术士、巫师、占星家和占卜者都来了，我将梦告诉他们，他们却不能给我解梦。 ⁸最后但以理来到我面前，他又名伯提沙撒——取自我神明的名，他有圣洁神明的灵。我将梦告诉他，说， ⁹‘术士的首领伯提沙撒啊，我知道你有圣洁神明的灵，任何奥秘都难不倒你。请你为我解释我梦中所见的异象。

¹⁰“‘以下是我躺在床上时脑中出现的异象：我看见大地中央有棵非常高大的树。 ¹¹这树长得苍劲有力，高可参天，从地极都能看见。 ¹²它的叶子美丽，果实累累，可作众生的食物。野兽在它的荫下躺卧，飞鸟在它的枝头栖息，一切生灵都从它那里得到食物。

¹³“‘我躺在床上时脑中出现了异象，我看见一位圣洁的守望者从天而降。 ¹⁴他大声说，砍倒那棵树，削掉它的枝子，剥光它的叶子，抛散它的果子，使野兽逃离树下，飞鸟离开枝头。 ¹⁵但把树丕留在地里，用铁环和铜环箍住他留在野地的青草中，让他被天上的露水浸湿，与野兽一起吃草。 ¹⁶要改变他的人心，给他一个兽心，达七年之久。 ¹⁷这是守望者的命令，是圣者的决定，要让众生知道至高者主宰世上万国，祂要把国赐给谁就赐给谁，即使是最卑微的人。’

¹⁸“这就是我尼布甲尼撒王所做的梦。伯提沙撒啊，你要为我解梦，因为我国中所有的智者都不能为我解梦。但是你能，因为你有圣洁神明的灵。”

但以理解梦

¹⁹但以理，又名伯提沙撒，一时非常惊讶，惶恐不安。王说：“伯提沙撒啊，不要因为这梦和梦的意思而惶恐不安。”伯提沙撒回答说：“我主啊，愿这梦发生在恨你的人身上，梦的意思应验在你的仇敌身上。 ²⁰你梦见的树苍劲有力，高可参天，从地极都能看见。 ²¹它的叶子美丽，果实累累，可作众生的食物。野兽住在它的荫下，飞鸟宿在它的枝头。 ²²王啊，这苍劲有力的树就是你，你的威名高达穹苍，你的权柄延至地极。 ²³王看见圣洁的守望者从天而降，说，‘将这树砍倒、毁灭，但把树丕用铁环和铜环箍住留在野地的青草中，让他被天上的露水浸湿，与野兽一起吃草，达七年之久。’

²⁴“王啊，以下是梦的意思，是至高者裁定要临到我主我王的事： ²⁵你必从人群中被赶走，与野兽同住，像牛一样吃草，被天上的露水浸湿，达七年之久，直到你知道至高者主宰世上万国，祂要把国赐给谁就赐给谁。 ²⁶守望者命令留下树丕，表示等到你承认上天掌权后，你将重掌国权。 ²⁷王啊，请接受我的劝谏，你要秉公行义，以断绝罪恶；怜悯穷人，以除掉罪过。这样，你的国运也许可以延续。”

梦兆应验

²⁸这一切事果然发生在尼布甲尼撒王身上。 ²⁹十二个月后，他在巴比伦王宫的屋顶散步时， ³⁰说：“这宏伟的巴比伦岂不是我用大能建立为京都，以显我的威严和荣耀吗？” ³¹话未说完，天上就有声音说：“尼布甲尼撒王啊，你听着，你已失去王权。 ³²你必从人群中被赶走，与野兽同住，像牛一样吃草，达七年之久，直到你知道至高者主宰世上万国，祂要把国赐给谁就赐给谁。” ³³这话立刻应验在尼布甲尼撒身上。他从人群中被赶走，像牛一样吃草，身体被天上的露水浸湿，直到他的头发长如鹰毛，指甲长如鸟爪。

³⁴“七年后，我尼布甲尼撒举目望天，恢复了神智，便称颂至高者，赞美、尊崇永活者。

“祂的统治永无穷尽，
祂的国度直到万代。
³⁵世人都微不足道，
祂在天军和世人中独行其道，
无人能拦阻祂的手，
或质问祂的作为。

³⁶“那时，我恢复了神智，也恢复了我的威严和荣耀，重现我国度的辉煌。我的谋士和大臣都来朝见我，我重掌国权，势力比以前更大。 ³⁷现在我尼布甲尼撒颂赞、尊崇、敬奉天上的王，因为祂的作为公正，祂行事公平，能够贬抑行为骄傲的人。”

Daniel 4

King James Version

4 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

²I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.

³How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

⁴I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

⁵I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

⁶Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

⁷Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

⁸But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,

⁹O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

¹⁰Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

¹¹The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

¹²The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

¹³I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;

¹⁴He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

¹⁵Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:

¹⁶Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

¹⁷This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

¹⁸This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

¹⁹Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

²⁰The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

²¹Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:

²²It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

²³And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

²⁴This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

²⁵That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

²⁶And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

²⁷Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

²⁸All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

²⁹At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

³⁰The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

³¹While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

³²And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

³³The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

³⁴And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

³⁵And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

³⁶At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.

³⁷Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

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