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Daniel 5:19

and by reason of the majesty which he gave to him, all nations, tribes, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed; and whom he would he struck; and whom he would he exalted; and whom he would he abased.

LXX2012 (British)

In The King James Version

And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.

In Context

18O king, the most high God gave to your father Nabuchodonosor a kingdom, and majesty, and honour, and glory:

20But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was emboldened to act proudly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his honour was taken from him.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:28And he spoke + 25:28 Gr. good things with him. kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

Ecclesiastes 8:3Be not hasty; you shall go forth out of his presence: stand not in an evil matter; for he will do whatever he shall please,

Jeremiah 27:5They shall ask the way till they come to Sion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.

Daniel 3:4Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, you⌃ peoples, tribes, and languages,

Daniel 3:20And he commanded mighty men to bind Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 4:19is yourself, O king; for you are grown great and powerful, and your greatness has increased and reached to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.

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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