Daniel 5:18

Daniel 5:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
• English Standard Version (ESV)O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar.

Context of Daniel 5:18

16Now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems. If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.” 17Then Daniel answered the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means. “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor. 19Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled. 20But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.

Daniel 5:18 word by word

אַ֖נְתְּ מַלְכָּ֑א אֱלָהָא֙ עִלָּאָ֔ה מַלְכוּתָ֤א וּרְבוּתָא֙ וִיקָרָ֣א וְהַדְרָ֔ה יְהַ֖ב לִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר אֲבֽוּךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O thouאַנְתָּה'antâh · youH607
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• the most highעִלַּי‛illay · Most HighH5943
• Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• gaveיְהַבyehab · to giveH3052
• Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרnebûkkadnetstsar · NebuchadnezzarH5020
• thy fatherאַב'ab · fatherH2
• a kingdomמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• and majestyרְבוּrebû · greatnessH7238
• and gloryיְקָרyeqâr · honorH3367
• and honourהֲדַרhădar · honorH1923

Cross-references for Daniel 5:18

• Daniel 3:17If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand.
• Daniel 4:22Your Majesty, you are that tree! You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.
• Daniel 6:22My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”
• Acts 26:13About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.
• Daniel 2:37Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory;
• Daniel 4:17“ ‘The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of people.’
• Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
• Psalms 7:17I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.
• Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
• Psalms 47:2For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth.
• Psalms 92:8But you, Lord, are forever exalted.
• Lamentations 3:35to deny people their rights before the Most High,
• Acts 7:48“However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

Commentaries on Daniel 5:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Nebuchadnezzar thy father - Or grandfather, as the margin reads, Daniel 5:2. See the notes on Daniel 5:1; (note).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. 18-21Daniel used Nebuchadnezzar as an example that should have guided the kings who came after him. But Belshazzar repeated the same mistake. He lifted himself up and dishonored the Most High God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. God gave--It was not his own birth or talents which gave him the vast empire, as he thought. To make him unlearn his proud thought was the object of God's visitation on him. majesty--in the eyes of his subjects. glory--from his victories. honour--from the enlargement and decoration of the city.Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 5:18

• Belshazzar
• Blessing
• Daniel
• Government
• Ingratitude
• Reproof
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadrezzar
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Most High
• Gift
• Light
• Loose
• Nergalsharezer

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