Daniel 4
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Daniel 4:22-27

22it is 1you, O kingH4430; for you have becomeH7236 greatH7236 and grownH8631 strongH8631, and your 2majestyH7238 has becomeH7236 greatH7236 and reachedH4291 to the skyH8065 and your 3dominionH7985 to the endH5491 of the earthH772. 23In that the kingH4430 sawH2370 an angelic watcherH5894, a holyH6922 oneH6922, descendingH5182 from heavenH8065 and sayingH560, “4ChopH1414 downH1414 the treeH363 and destroyH2255 it; yetH1297 leaveH7662 the stumpH6136 5with its rootsH8330 in the groundH772, but with a bandH613 of ironH6523 and bronzeH5174 around it in the newH1883 grassH1883 of the fieldH1251, and let him be drenchedH6647 with the dewH2920 of heavenH8065, and let 6him shareH2508 with the beastsH2423 of the fieldH1251 untilH5705H1768 7sevenH7655 8periods of timeH5732 passH2499 overH5922 him,” 24thisH1836 is the interpretationH6591, O kingH4430, and thisH1932 is the decreeH1510 of the MostH5943 HighH5943, whichH1768 has 9comeH4291 upon my lordH4756 the kingH4430: 25that you be 10drivenH2957 awayH2957 from mankindH606 and your dwellingH4070 placeH4070 be with the beastsH2423 of the fieldH1251, and you be givenH2939 grassH6212 to eatH2939 like cattleH8450 and be drenchedH6647 with the dewH2920 of heavenH8065; and sevenH7655 11periods of timeH5732 will passH2499 overH5922 you, untilH5705H1768 you recognizeH3046 that the 12MostH5943 HighH5943 is rulerH7990 over the realmH4437 of mankindH606 and 13bestowsH5415 it on whomeverH4479H1768 He wishesH6634. 26And in that it was commandedH560 to 14leaveH7662 the stumpH6136 15with the rootsH8330 of the treeH363, your kingdomH4437 will be 16assuredH7011 to you afterH4481H1768 you recognizeH3046 that it is 17HeavenH8065 that rulesH7990. 27ThereforeH3861, O kingH4430, may my 18adviceH4431 be pleasingH8232 to you: 1920breakH6562 awayH6562 now from your sinsH2408 by doing righteousnessH6665 and from your iniquitiesH5758 by 21showingH2604 mercyH2604 to the poorH6040, in caseH2006 there may be a 22prolongingH754 of your prosperityH7963.’

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 4:22 2 Sam 12:7; Dan 2:37, 38 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 4:22 Lit greatness ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 4:22 Jer 27:6, 7 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 4:23 Dan 4:14, 15 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 4:23 Lit of ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 4:23 Lit his portion be with ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 4:23 Dan 4:16 ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 4:23 I.e. years ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 4:24 Job 40:11, 12; Ps 107:40 ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 4:25 Dan 4:33; 5:21 ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 4:25 I.e. years ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 4:25 Ps 83:18; Jer 27:5; Dan 4:2, 17 ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 4:25 Dan 2:37; 4:17; 5:21 ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 4:26 Dan 4:15, 23 ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 4:26 Lit of ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 4:26 Lit enduring ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 4:26 Dan 2:18, 19, 28, 37, 44; 4:31 ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 4:27 Gen 41:33-37 ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 4:27 Or redeem now your sins ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 4:27 Prov 28:13; Is 55:6, 7; Ezek 18:7, 21, 22; Acts 8:22 ↩
  21. 21. Daniel 4:27 Ps 41:1-3; Is 58:6, 7, 10 ↩
  22. 22. Daniel 4:27 1 Kin 21:29; Jon 3:9 ↩

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