Daniel 4:37

Daniel 4:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• New International Version (NIV)Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.

Context of Daniel 4:37

35All the people on the earth seem like nothing to him. He does whatever he wants among the angels in heaven, and among the people on the earth too. Nobody can stop him. Nobody can ask him, ‘Why are you doing that?’ 36When my own mind returned to me, I also received my authority again as king. People respected me as a great king again. My officers and important men came back to work with me. I ruled again over my kingdom. I became even greater than I was before. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise the King of heaven as a great God. He always does what is right and fair. When people are proud, he can cause them to become humble.

Daniel 4:37 word by word

כְּעַ֞ן אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר מְשַׁבַּ֨ח וּמְרוֹמֵ֤ם וּמְהַדַּר֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ שְׁמַיָּ֔א דִּ֤י כָל־מַעֲבָד֙וֹהִי֙ קְשֹׁ֔ט וְאֹרְחָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֑ין וְדִי֙ מַהְלְכִ֣ין בְּגֵוָ֔ה יָכִ֖ל לְהַשְׁפָּלָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowכְּעַןke‛an · nowH3705
• Iאֲנָה'ănâ' 'ănâh · IH576
• Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרnebûkkadnetstsar · NebuchadnezzarH5020
• praiseשְׁבַחshebach · to praiseH7624
• and extolרוּםrûm · to riseH7313
• and honourהֲדַרhădar · to honorH1922
• the Kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• of heavenשָׁמַ֫יִןshâmayin · heavenH8065
• allכֹּלkôl · allH3606
• whose worksמַעֲבַדma‛bâd · workH4567
• truthקְשֹׁטqeshôţ qeshôţ · truthH7187
• and his waysאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH735
• judgmentדִּיןdîyn · judgmentH1780
• and those that walkהֲלַךְhălak · to goH1981
• in prideגֵּוָהgêvâh · prideH1467
• he is ableיְכִלyekêl yekîyl · be ableH3202
• to abaseשְׁפֵלshephal · be lowH8214

Cross-references for Daniel 4:37

• Daniel 4:3His miracles show his great strength. They are very powerful. His kingdom will continue for ever. He will always rule.
• Daniel 5:4While they drank the wine, they praised their gods. Their gods were idols that were made from gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are not like that. You are a special group of people that God has chosen. You serve God like priests who serve a King. You are his own holy people who belong to him. He has taken you out of the dark place of sin, and he has brought you into his great light. He has done all this so that you can tell people how great he is.
• Daniel 5:23You thought that you were greater than the Lord of heaven. So you told your servants to bring the valuable cups that belong to God's temple. You yourself, your wives, your other women and your important friends drank wine from those cups. You praised your gods that were made from silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood and stone. Those are idols that cannot see or hear. They cannot understand anything. But you worshipped them instead of the true God. He is the God who gives life to you. He has power over everything that you do.
• Matthew 11:25At this moment, Jesus said, ‘Father, you rule over everything in heaven and on the earth! People who do not know many things can now understand your message. And so I thank you. But you have hidden these things from some other people. Those people think that they understand everything. They think that they are wise.
• Acts 17:24The true God made the earth and everything that is in it. He rules everything in the earth and in heaven. He does not live in any buildings that people have made for him.
• Deuteronomy 32:4He is the strong Rock where we can be safe. Everything that he does is perfect. He only does what is right and fair. We can trust him to be faithful.
• 1 Samuel 2:3Do not boast or speak proud words! The Lord is a God who knows everything. He judges everything that people do.
• Psalms 33:4Yes! The Lord's message is true. We can always trust him to do what is right.
• Psalms 99:4You are a strong king who loves justice. You have made fair rules, so that people in Israel do what is right.
• Psalms 119:75Lord, I know that your rules are good and fair. When you sent trouble to me, it was because you truly loved me.
• Psalms 145:17So the Lord is fair in all that he does. He always shows how much he loves us.
• Isaiah 5:16But the Lord Almighty will be lifted up high by his justice. People will know that he is holy when he comes as judge.
• Revelation 15:3Now they sang the song of God's servant, Moses, and the Lamb's song. They sang this: ‘Lord God with all power, what you do is great and wonderful! Everything that you do is completely fair and honest. You are King of all nations of the world.
• Revelation 16:7Then I heard a voice from the altar in heaven. It said, ‘Yes, Lord God, you have all authority. When you judge people, it is the punishment that they deserve.’
• Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. They were shouting, ‘Praise the Lord our God! He has saved us! He is very powerful! We say that he is great!

Commentaries on Daniel 4:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Now I - praise and extol - It is very probable that Nebuchadnezzar was a true convert; that he relapsed no more into idolatry, and died in the faith of the God of Israel. It is supposed that he lived seventeen years after his restoration. But the authorized Version, which is followed in the margin, states the date of this decree to be b.c. 563, the year preceding Nebuchadnezzar's death.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven - Compare Daniel 2:47, and Daniel 4:1-3. He felt himself called on, in this public manner, to acknowledge the true God, with whose supremacy he had been made acquainted in so affecting a manner; to “praise” him that he had preserved him, and restored him to his reason and his throne; to extol or exalt him, by recognizing his sovereignty over the mighty kings of the earth, and the power to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-37Verses 28-37 Pride and self-conceit are sins that beset great men. They are apt to take that glory to themselves which is due to God only. While the proud word was in the king's mouth, the powerful word came from God. His understanding and his memory were gone, and all the powers of the rational soul were broken. How careful we ought to be, not to do any thing which may provoke God to put us out of our senses! God resists the proud. Nebuchadnezzar would…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37The Most High God rules both heaven and earth. Human pride has no place before God, not even the pride of the greatest human kings.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3737. praise ... extol ... honour--He heaps word on word, as if he cannot say enough in praise of God. all whose works ... truth ... judgment--that is, are true and just (Re 15:3; 16:7). God has not dealt unjustly or too severely with me; whatever I have suffered, I deserved it all. It is a mark of true contrition to condemn one's self, and justify God (Psa 51:4). those that walk in pride ... abase--exemplified in me. He condemns himself before the whole…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 4:37

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Converts
• God Continued...
• Praise
• Pride
• Testimony
• Truth

In the dictionaries

• Nebuchadnezzar
• Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadrezzar
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar
• Abase
• Alter
• Break
• Dominion
• Dwelling
• Eat
• Lengthening

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