Daniel 4:25 “You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with t…”

Daniel 4:25

You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

World English Bible

You will be driven from men and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You will be made to eat grass as oxen, and will be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

All these things shall come vpon the King Nebuchad-nezzar.

Darby Translation

They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and thou shalt be bathed with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Young's Literal Translation

and they are driving thee away from men, and with the beast of the field is thy dwelling, and the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and by the dew of the heavens they are wetting thee, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.

Bible in Basic English

That they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and you will be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.

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Cross references

“drive”

Job 30:3–8 Daniel 5:21–31 Daniel 4:32 Daniel 4:33 Mark 5:3 Mark 5:4

Job 30:3–8 · BSB

Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

Daniel 5:21–31 · BSB

He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High G…

Daniel 4:32 · BSB

You 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 manki…

Daniel 4:33 · BSB

At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an ea…

Mark 5:3 · BSB

This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

Mark 5:4 · BSB

Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

“to eat”

Psalm 106:20

Psalm 106:20 · BSB

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

“till”

Daniel 4:17 Jeremiah 27:5 Psalm 83:18 Daniel 2:21 Psalm 75:7 Daniel 4:34

Daniel 4:17 · BSB

This 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 lo…

Jeremiah 27:5 · BSB

By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

Psalm 83:18 · BSB

May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

Daniel 2:21 · BSB

He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Psalm 75:7 · BSB

but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

Daniel 4:34 · BSB

But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

26As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

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