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14 This sentence is by the decree of the watchers,
    this verdict by the command of the holy ones,
so that the living may know
    that the Most High is sovereign over the realm of man
and bestows it to whomever He wishes,
    and may set over them even the lowliest of men.’

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14 He cried aloud[a] and so he said:

“Cut down the tree and chop off its branches;
    shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit.
Let the animals flee from under it,
    and the birds from its branches.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:14 Literally “in strength”

14 (4:11) He cried with strength, and said thus, Chop down the tree, and cut off his branches, strip off his leaves, and scatter his p’ri; let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches.

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17 The tree that you saw grow large and strong, whose top reached to heaven and that was visible to all the earth,

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17 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers,
    and the decision by the command of the holy ones,
in order that[a] the living will know
    that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of humankind,
and to whomever[b] he wills he gives it,
    and he even sets the humblest of men over it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:17 Literally “until matter that”
  2. Daniel 4:17 Literally “to whom that”

17 (4:14) This matter is by the decree of the irin (watchers), and the demand by the word of the Kadoshim (holy ones), to the intent that the living may have da’as that Elyon (Most High) ruleth in the malchut haAdam, and giveth it to whomsoever He will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

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22 “You will be driven away from people and will dwell with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass over you until you know that the Most High is sovereign over the realm of mankind and gives it to whomever He wishes.

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22 —it is you, O king, who have grown great and you have grown strong, and so your greatness has increased and it has reached to heaven[a] and your sovereignty to the end of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:22 Or “the sky”

22 (4:19) It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto Shomayim, and thy dominion to the end of ha’aretz.

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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream Fulfilled

25 All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

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25 you will be driven away from human society[a] and you will dwell[b] with the animals[c] of the field, and you will be caused to graze grass like the oxen yourself,[d] and you will be watered with the dew of heaven, and seven periods of time will pass over you until that you have acknowledged that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of humankind, and to whom he wills[e] he gives it.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:25 Literally “from the humankind”
  2. Daniel 4:25 Literally “your dwelling will be”
  3. Daniel 4:25 Aramaic “animal”
  4. Daniel 4:25 Literally “with respect to you”
  5. Daniel 4:25 Literally “that he wills”

25 (4:22) That they shall drive thee from anashim, 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 (seasons, years) shall pass over thee, till thou have da’as that Elyon (Most High) ruleth in the malchut haAdam, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.

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29 You will be driven away from men and you will live with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and seven periods of time will pass over you until you come to know that the Most High is sovereignover the realm of mankind and gives it to whomever He wishes.”

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29 At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace[a] of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:29 Literally “the place of the kingdom”

29 (4:26) At the end of twelve months he walked about the heikhal of the malchut of Babylon.

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32 All the inhabitants of earth are counted as nothing.
    He does as He wills with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
No one can hold back His hand,
    or say to Him, ‘What have you done?’

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32 and you will be driven away from human society[a] and your dwelling will be with the animals[b] of the field and they will cause you to graze the grass like oxen, and seven times will pass over you, until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of humankind and that he gives it to whom he wills.’

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:32 Literally “the humankind”
  2. Daniel 4:32 Aramaic “animal”

32 (4:29) And they shall drive thee from anashim, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times (seasons, years) shall pass over thee, until thou have da’as that Elyon ruleth in the malchut haAdam, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.

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21 He was driven away from among men and his mind became like an animal, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he fed on grass like an ox, and his body was damp with the dew of heaven until he recognized that God Most High is sovereign over the realm of mankind and that He sets up over it whomever He wills.

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21 And he was driven away from human society[a] and his mind was made like the animals[b] and his dwelling was with the wild asses; and he was given[c] grass like oxen to eat, and with[d] the dew of heaven his body was bathed, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over the kingdom of humankind, and whoever[e] he wants he sets over it.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:21 Literally “from the sons of the humankind”
  2. Daniel 5:21 Aramaic “with the animals”
  3. Daniel 5:21 Literally “they gave him”
  4. Daniel 5:21 Aramaic “from”
  5. Daniel 5:21 Literally “to from that”

21 And he was driven from the bnei haAdam; and his lev was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that El Elyon ruled in the malchut haAdam, and that He appointeth over it whomsoever He will.

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