New American Standard Bible 2020
Daniel 5:20
20But when his heart 1was 2arrogant and his spirit became so 34overbearing that he behaved presumptuously, he was 5deposed from his royal throne, and his dignity was taken away from him.
Daniel 5:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
- New International Version (NIV)But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.
Context of Daniel 5:20
18O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father. 19Now because of the greatness which He granted him, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all languages trembled and feared in his presence; whomever he wished, he killed, and whomever he wished, he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated, and whomever he wished he humbled. But when his heart was arrogant and his spirit became so overbearing that he behaved presumptuously, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his dignity was taken away from him. 21He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of animals, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind, and that He sets over it whomever He wishes. 22Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,
Read all of Daniel 5Daniel 5:20 word by word
וּכְדִי֙ רִ֣ם לִבְבֵ֔הּ וְרוּחֵ֖הּ תִּֽקְפַ֣ת לַהֲזָדָ֑ה הָנְחַת֙ מִן־כָּרְסֵ֣א מַלְכוּתֵ֔הּ וִֽיקָרָ֖ה הֶעְדִּ֥יוּ מִנֵּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
- But whenדִּיdîy · thatH1768
- his heartלְבַבlebab · heartH3825
- arrogantרוּםrûm · to riseH7313
- and his spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7308
- becameתְּקֵףteqêph · to grow strongH8631
- that he behavedזוּדzûd · be proudH2103
- deposedנְחֵתnechath · to descendH5182
- from his royalמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
- throneכׇּרְסֵאkorsê' · throneH3764
- dignityיְקָרyeqâr · honorH3367
- was takenעֲדָה‛ădâ' ‛ădâh · to pass on/over/awayH5709
Cross-references for Daniel 5:20
- Daniel 4:30The king began speaking and was saying, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?’
- Exodus 9:17Still you exalt yourself against My people by not letting them go.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they acted insolently against the people.”
- Job 15:25Because he has reached out with his hand against God, And is arrogant toward the Almighty.
- Job 40:11Let out your outbursts of anger, And look at everyone who is arrogant, and humble him.
- Proverbs 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Be assured, he will not go unpunished.
- Isaiah 14:12How you have fallen from heaven, You star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who defeated the nations!
- Luke 1:51He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other one; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- 1 Samuel 6:6Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not let the people go, and they left?
- 2 Kings 17:14However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.
- 2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.
- Hebrews 3:13But encourage one another every day, as long as it is still called “today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
- Isaiah 47:1“Come down and sit in the dust, Virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
- Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and the queen mother, “Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.”
- Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory And sit on the parched ground, O daughter living in Dibon, For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your strongholds.
Commentaries on Daniel 5:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20He was deposed from his kingly throne - Became insane; and the reins of government were taken out of his hands.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-31Verses 18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but they will be judged by One to whom all things are open. Daniel reads the sentence written on the wall. All this may well be applied to the doom of every sinner. At death, the sinner's days are numbered and finished; after death is the judgment, when he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20A person who rebels against God often has a heart and mind filled with arrogance (or a hardened heart; see Exodus 7:13; Joshua 11:20; Isaiah 14:3–5). Nebuchadnezzar was humbled when he became arrogant, and the same would happen to Belshazzar.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311. Belshazzar--Rawlinson, from the Assyrian inscriptions, has explained the seeming discrepancy between Daniel and the heathen historians of Babylon, Berosus and Abydenus, who say the last king (Nabonidus) surrendered in Borsippa, after Babylon was taken, and had an honorable abode in Caramania assigned to him. Belshazzar was joint king with his father (called Minus in the inscriptions), but subordinate to him; hence the Babylonian account suppresses the…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Daniel 5:20 Lit rose up ↩
- 2. Daniel 5:20 Ex 9:17; Job 15:25; Is 14:13-15; Dan 4:30, 31 ↩
- 3. Daniel 5:20 Lit strong ↩
- 4. Daniel 5:20 2 Kin 17:14; 2 Chr 36:13 ↩
- 5. Daniel 5:20 Job 40:11, 12; Jer 13:18 ↩
Commentaries on Daniel 5
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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