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Daniel 5:18

O king, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, a kingdom and greatness, glory and honor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

In Context

17To this Daniel responded by saying directly to the king, “Your rewards should be for yourself, and the gifts of your house you may give to another, but I will read to you the writing, O king, and I will reveal to you its interpretation.

19And because of the greatness that he gave to him, all peoples, tribes, and languages trembled and were afraid of him. Whomever he wished, he put to death; and whomever he wished, he destroyed; and whomever he wished, he exalted; and whomever he wished, he lowered.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the limits of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

Psalms 7:17His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.

Psalms 47:2The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy, in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.

Jeremiah 27:7And all the nations will serve him, and his son, and his son’s son. Many nations and great kings will serve him, until the time arrives for him and his land.

Lamentations 3:38MEM. Does not both misfortune and good proceed from the mouth of the Most High?

Daniel 3:17For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to rescue us from the oven of burning fire and to free us from your hands, O king.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:11-30

Daniel Brought before Belshazzar. ( b. c. 538.) 10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy… Read the whole commentary →

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