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31 While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came down from heaven: “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: The kingdom is taken from you!(A)

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31 Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you.(A)

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And I heard the altar respond,

“Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty,
    your judgments are true and just!”(A)

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And I heard the altar(A) respond:

“Yes, Lord God Almighty,(B)
    true and just are your judgments.”(C)

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Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.(A) He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”(B) He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.(A) He fell to the ground and heard a voice(B) say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.

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20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’(A)

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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

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17 And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved,[a] with whom I am well pleased.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.17 Or my beloved Son

17 And a voice from heaven(A) said, “This is my Son,(B) whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”(C)

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When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)

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While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)

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22 The people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a mortal!” 23 And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.(A)

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22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(A) of the Lord struck him down,(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”(A)

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28 Father, glorify your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven,(A) “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

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28 peres:[a] your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

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  1. 5.28 The singular of Parsin

28 Peres[a]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(A) and Persians.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.

They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.(A)

The Writing on the Wall

Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall of the royal palace, next to the lampstand. The king was watching the hand as it wrote.(B)

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As they drank the wine, they praised the gods(A) of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.(B)

Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

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Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

34 When that period was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me.

I blessed the Most High
    and praised and honored the one who lives forever.
For his sovereignty is an everlasting sovereignty,
    and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.(A)

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34 At 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)

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24 this is the interpretation, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king:

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24 “This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree(A) the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

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23 To fill their belly to the full,
    God[a] will send his fierce anger into them
    and rain it upon them as their food.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 20.23 Heb he

23 When he has filled his belly,(A)
    God will vent his burning anger(B) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.(C)

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