Daniel 5:20

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

18As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty. 19Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished. And when his mind became arrogant and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him. 21He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes. 22“But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.

Daniel 5:20 word by word

וּכְדִי֙ רִ֣ם לִבְבֵ֔הּ וְרוּחֵ֖הּ תִּֽקְפַ֣ת לַהֲזָדָ֑ה הָנְחַת֙ מִן־כָּרְסֵ֣א מַלְכוּתֵ֔הּ וִֽיקָרָ֖ה הֶעְדִּ֥יוּ מִנֵּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But when his heartלְבַבlebab · heartH3825
• was lifted upרוּםrûm · to riseH7313
• and his mindרוּחַrûach · spiritH7308
• hardenedתְּקֵףteqêph · to grow strongH8631
• in prideזוּדzûd · be proudH2103
• he was deposedנְחֵתnechath · to descendH5182
• fromמִן־min · fromH4481
• his kinglyמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• throneכׇּרְסֵאkorsê' · throneH3764
• and they tookעֲדָה‛ădâ' ‛ădâh · to pass on/over/awayH5709
• his gloryיְקָרyeqâr · honorH3367

Cross-references for Daniel 5:20

• Daniel 4:30The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?”
• Exodus 9:17You are still exalting yourself against my people by not releasing them.
• Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them.”
• Job 15:25for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
• Job 40:11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;
• Proverbs 16:5The Lord abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.
• Isaiah 14:12Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations!
• Luke 1:51He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.
• Luke 18:14I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• 1 Samuel 6:6Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?
• 2 Kings 17:14But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the Lord their God.
• 2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return to the Lord God of Israel.
• Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.
• Isaiah 47:1“Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
• Jeremiah 13:18The Lord told me, “Tell the king and the queen mother, ‘Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.
• Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your place of honor; sit on the dry ground, you who live in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab will attack you; he will destroy your fortifications.

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

Topics related to Daniel 5:20

• Belshazzar
• Daniel
• Government
• Heart
• Ingratitude
• King
• Pride
• Reproof
• Self-Exaltation
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Gift
• Light
• Loose
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Baruch, Book of
• Bible, the
• Daniel, Book of
• Languages of the Old Testament
• Babel
• Belshazzar

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