Daniel 4:30

The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nevukhadnetzar, and he was driven from anashim, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eaglesʼ feathers, and his nails like birdsʼ claws.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The 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?

In Context

29And 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.

31And at the end of the time, I, Nevukhadnetzar, lifted up mine eyes unto Shomayim, and mine da'as returned unto me, and I said Baruch El Elyon, and I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, 1 Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, 1 and His Malchut is from dor v'dor; 1

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Cross References

Genesis 11:2And it came to pass, as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt there.

2 Chronicles 2:5But who has the ko'ach to build Him a Bais, seeing the Shomayim and Shomayim of Shomayim cannot contain Him? Who am I then, that I should build Him a Bais, except to burn sacrifices before Him?

Psalms 49:20He shall go to the dor (generation) of his avot; 1 they shall never see ohr (light). 1

Psalms 104:1Barachi (bless) Hashem, O my nefesh. 1 Hashem Elohai, Thou art gadol me'od; 1 Thou art clothed with hod (honor) and hadar (majesty). 1

Proverbs 11:2When zadon (pride) cometh, then cometh kalon (shame, disgrace), 1 but with the humble is chochmah. 1

Isaiah 10:8For he saith, 1 Are not my sarim altogether melachim? 1

Matthew Henry on Daniel 4:29-34

Nebuchadnezzar Driven among Beasts. ( b. c. 569.) 28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 30 The 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? 31 While 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. 32 And they… Read the whole commentary →

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