Daniel 5:18
What does Daniel 5:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 5:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
KJV
King James Version · 1611O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752O king, the most high God gave to Nabuchodonosor, thy father, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890O thou king, the Most HighGod gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;
Context
v.17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
v.18This passage
v.19and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, 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 raised up, and whom he would he put down.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 2:37
Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
- Psalms 47:2
For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.
- Acts 26:19
Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
- Acts 26:13
at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.
- Daniel 3:17
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
- Daniel 4:2
It hath seemed good unto me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.
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