Daniel 4:31

While yet the word was in the mouth of the king, a voice, out of the heavens, fell,—Unto thee, is it said, O Nebuchadnezzar the king, The kingdom, hath departed from thee;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

30the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great,—which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?

32And, from among men, are they going to drive, thee, forth, and, with the wild beast of the field, shall be thy dwelling, grass—like oxen, will they suffer, thee, to eat, and, seven seasons, shall pass over thee,—until that thou come to know that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9Said the foe—I will pursue—overtake divide spoil,—Take her fill of them—shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out—shall my hand.

1 Samuel 15:23For, as the sin of divination, is, rebelliousness,—and, as transgression with household gods, is, stubbornness,—Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath he rejected thee from being king.

Psalms 145:13Thy kingdom, is a kingdom of all ages,—and, thy dominion, is over generation after generation.

Daniel 4:34And, at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes unto the heavens, did uplift, and, mine understanding, unto me, returned, and, the Most High, I blessed, and, to him that liveth age-abidingly, I rendered praise and honour,—whose dominion, is an age-abiding dominion, and, his kingdom, lasteth from generation to generation;

Daniel 5:28P’res [="Snatched-away"],—snatched away is thy kingdom, and given to the Medes and Persians.

Daniel 12:7And I heard the man clothed with linen who was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left unto the heavens, and sware by him that liveth unto times age-abiding,—For a set time and times and a half, and, when the dispersion of a part of the holy people, is brought to an end, then shall come to an end all these things.

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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