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Nebuchadnezzar Confesses God’s Kingdom

Daniel 4:2

In 11 translations

BSB
I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
KJV
I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.I thought…: Chaldee, It was seemly before me
WEB
It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me. It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.
ASV
It hath seemed good unto me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.
LSV
The signs and wonders that God Most High has done with me, it is good before me to show.
YLT
The signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew.
DBY
It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.Elohim
DRC3:99
The most high God hath wrought signs and wonders toward me. It hath seemed good to me therefore to publish
GNV3:32
I thought it good to declare the signes and wonders, that the hie God hath wrought toward me.
JPS3:32
It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.
LXXE
It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me,

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Leningrad Codex reads עִלָּיאָ֑; read aloud (Qere) reads עִלָּאָ֑ה (“Most High the”).
  • Written (Ketiv): עִלָּיָא. Read aloud (Qere): עִלָּאָ֑ה (“Most High the”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC3:32
אָֽתַיָּא֙ וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א דִּ֚י עֲבַ֣ד עִמִּ֔י אֱלָהָ֖א עליא שְׁפַ֥ר קָֽדָמַ֖י לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃KJV:Dan.4.2Read aloud as (qere): עִלָּאָ֑ה
LXX-Br
Τὰ σημεῖα καὶ τὰ τέρατα ἃ ἐποίησε μετʼ ἐμοῦ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ὕψιστος,

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  • Daniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,
  • Psalms 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
  • Acts 26:9–16So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and…
  • Joshua 7:19So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
  • Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
  • Acts 22:3–16“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today. I…
  • Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
  • Psalms 92:1–2It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night

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  • 3:32 in some Bibles
  • 4:2 in most Bibles
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