Revised Version 1895

Daniel 4:28-33

28All thiscameנְפַ֑לne.FalH5308upon thekingH4430NebuchadnezzarH5020.

29At the end of twelve months he was walking in theroyalH4437palace of Babylon.

30The king spake and said, Is not thisgreatרְבָ֖הre.VahH7236Babylon,whichH1768I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

31While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice fromheavenH8065, saying, O kingNebuchadnezzarH5020, to thee it is spoken: thekingdomH4437is departed from thee.

32and thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt bemadeH5648to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

33The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

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