17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “[a]Keep your (A)gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him. 18 [b]O king, the (B)Most High God (C)granted [c]sovereignty, (D)grandeur, glory and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father. 19 Because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations and men of every [d]language feared and trembled before him; (E)whomever he wished he killed and whomever he wished he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated and whomever he wished he humbled.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:17 Lit Let...be for
  2. Daniel 5:18 Lit You, O king
  3. Daniel 5:18 Or the kingdom
  4. Daniel 5:19 Lit tongue