Daniel 4:24

Daniel 4:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
• New International Version (NIV)“This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree the Most High has issued against my lord the king:
• English Standard Version (ESV)this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king,
• New King James Version (NKJV)this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:

Context of Daniel 4:24

22You, the king, are like that tree. You have become great and strong. Your power reaches up to the sky. Your authority reaches to the ends of the world. 23In your dream, you saw a holy angel who came down from heaven. He said, “Cut down the tree and destroy it. But leave the base of the tree and its roots in the ground. Tie iron and bronze round it. Then leave it in the grass. Make him wet with dew from the sky. Cause him to live in the fields with the wild animals for seven years.” Now sir, this is what the dream means. The powerful God above has decided what he will do to my lord, the king. 25People will chase you away from the city, so that you have to live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cows do. Dew from the sky will make you wet. You will live in that way for seven years. Then you will understand that the powerful God above rules over human kingdoms. He gives authority to rule to anyone that he chooses. 26The command was to leave the base of the tree and its roots in the ground. This means that you will be king again later. But before that, you will have to understand that it is God in heaven who rules.

Daniel 4:24 word by word

דְּנָ֥ה פִשְׁרָ֖א מַלְכָּ֑א וּגְזֵרַ֤ת עִלָּאָה֙ הִ֔יא דִּ֥י מְטָ֖ת עַל־מָרִ֥י מַלְכָּֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• the interpretationפְּשַׁרpeshar · interpretationH6591
• O kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• and thisהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1932
• the decreeגְּזֵרָהgezêrâh · decreeH1510
• of the most Highעִלַּי‛illay · Most HighH5943
• which is comeמְטָאmeţâ' meţâh · to reachH4291
• uponעַל‛al · uponH5922
• my lordמָרֵאmârê' · lordH4756

Cross-references for Daniel 4:24

• Daniel 4:17The holy angels who take care of the earth have decided this. It is their command. Now everyone will be sure that the powerful God above rules over human kingdoms. He gives authority to rule to anyone that he chooses. He causes humble men to rule as kings.” ’
• Job 20:29That is how God punishes wicked people. God has decided to punish them as they deserve.’
• Psalms 2:7I will tell you what the Lord has promised to me, his king. He said to me, ‘You are my son. Yes, today I have become your father!
• Psalms 148:6He has fixed them in their places for all time. Nothing can change the command that he has given.
• Isaiah 14:24The Lord Almighty promises this: ‘It will happen exactly as I have decided. Yes, it will really happen like that.
• Isaiah 23:9The Lord Almighty did that! He decided to show that the pride of those people is useless. He decided to bring all those famous people down low.
• Isaiah 46:10From the beginning, I say what will happen at the end. Long ago, I spoke about future things that have not yet happened. I say this: “My purpose will not change. I will do everything that I want to do.”
• Job 1:12So the Lord said to Satan, ‘I agree to give you power over all the things that belong to Job. But you must do nothing to hurt Job himself.’ After that, Satan went away.
• Job 40:11Show everyone your great anger! Look at all the people who like to boast and bring them down low!
• Psalms 107:40Then God causes the enemy's leaders to become ashamed. He makes them travel on roads that go nowhere.

Commentaries on Daniel 4:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24This is the decree of the Most High - Daniel here designs evidently to direct the attention of the monarch to the one living and true God, and to show him that he presides over all. The purpose of the vision was, in a most impressive way, to convince the king of his existence and sovereignty. Hence, Daniel says that all this was in accordance with his “decree.” It was not a thing of chance; it was not ordered by idol gods; it was not an event that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-27Verses 19-27 Daniel was struck with amazement and terror at so heavy a judgment coming upon so great a prince, and gives advice with tenderness and respect. It is necessary, in repentance, that we not only cease to do evil, but learn to do good. Though it might not wholly prevent the judgment, yet the trouble may be longer before it comes, or shorter when it does come. And everlasting misery will be escaped by all who repent and turn to God.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-37King Nebuchadnezzar was full of pride and believed he had built Babylon by himself (Daniel 4:30; see Genesis 11:1–9). He ignored the warning from the Most High God (Daniel 4:24–27). He had not learned the lesson that God was teaching him, that the God of Daniel exists beyond time and space, and no human is his equal. So, God's judgment came upon Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:17, 25–26; see Proverbs 16:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. decree of the Most High--What was termed in Da 4:17 by Nebuchadnezzar, "the decree of the watchers," is here more accurately termed by Daniel, "the decree of the Most High." They are but His ministers.Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 4:24

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Babylon
• Converts
• God Continued...
• Judgments
• Testimony
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Most High
• Abase
• Alter
• Break
• Dominion
• Dwelling
• Eat
• Lengthening
• Lord
• Pride

Commentaries on Daniel 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings