Daniel Interprets the Handwriting
Daniel 5:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
- KJV
- O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
- WEB
- “To you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty. “To you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.
- ASV
- O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
- LSV
- you, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honor, gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar:
- YLT
- thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:
- DBY
- O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;Elohim
- DRC
- O king, the most high God gave to Nabuchodonosor thy father a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour.
- GNV
- O King, heare thou, The most high God gaue vnto Nebuchad-nezzar thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and honour and glory.
- JPS
- O thou king, God Most High gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;
- LXXE
- O king, the most high God gave to thy father Nabuchodonosor a kingdom, and majesty, and honour, and glory:
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- Leningrad Codex reads אַ֖נְתְּה; read aloud (Qere) reads אַ֖נְתְּ (“you”).
- Written (Ketiv): אַנְתָּה. Read aloud (Qere): אַ֖נְתְּ (“you”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Leningrad Codex reads עִלָּיאָ֔; read aloud (Qere) reads עִלָּאָ֔ה (“Most High the”).
- Written (Ketiv): עִלָּיָא. Read aloud (Qere): עִלָּאָ֔ה (“Most High the”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אנתה מַלְכָּ֑א אֱלָהָא֙ עליא מַלְכוּתָ֤א וּרְבוּתָא֙ וִיקָרָ֣א וְהַדְרָ֔ה יְהַ֖ב לִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר אֲבֽוּךְ׃Read aloud as (qere): אַ֖נְתְּRead aloud as (qere): עִלָּאָ֔ה
- LXX-Br
- βασιλεῦ· ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ὕψιστος τὴν βασιλείαν, καὶ τὴν μεγαλωσύνην, καὶ τὴν τιμὴν, καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἔδωκε Ναβουχοδονόσορ τῷ πατρί σου·
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BelshazzarNergal-sharezerAramaic; Aramaic LanguageIngratitude to GodDaniel, Book ofLanguages of the Old TestamentIngratitudeReproofSymbols and SimilitudesBible, The
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Cross-references most cited first
- Daniel 2:37–38You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory. Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your…
- Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the…
- Daniel 4:22–25you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth. And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down…
- Daniel 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
- Acts 7:48However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
- Psalms 7:17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
- Lamentations 3:38Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
- Psalms 47:2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
- Psalms 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
- Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
- Daniel 4:32You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of…
- Lamentations 3:35to deny a man justice before the Most High,
- Daniel 3:17–18If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king. But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or…
- Daniel 4:2I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
- Acts 26:13About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
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