Daniel 4:31 “While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heav…”

Daniel 4:31

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

World English Bible

While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you.

American Standard Version

While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from thee:

Geneva Bible 1599

And at the ende of these dayes I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderstanding was restored vnto me, and I gaue thankes vnto the most High, and I praysed and honoured him that liueth for euer, whose power is an euerlasting power, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.

Darby Translation

While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from the heavens: King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from thee;

Young's Literal Translation

'While the word is [in] the king's mouth a voice from the heavens hath fallen: To thee they are saying: O Nebuchadnezzar the king, the kingdom hath passed from thee,

Bible in Basic English

While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:

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Cross references

“the word”

Luke 12:20 Job 20:23 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Daniel 5:4 Daniel 5:5 Exodus 15:9

Luke 12:20 · BSB

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

Job 20:23 · BSB

When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 · BSB

While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Daniel 5:4 · BSB

As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

Daniel 5:5 · BSB

At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

Exodus 15:9 · BSB

The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

“fell”

Acts 9:3–5 Revelation 16:7 Daniel 4:24 Daniel 4:34 Matthew 3:17 John 12:28

Acts 9:3–5 · BSB

As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

Revelation 16:7 · BSB

And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”

Daniel 4:24 · BSB

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

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…

Matthew 3:17 · BSB

And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

John 12:28 · BSB

Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

“The kingdom”

Daniel 5:28 1 Samuel 13:14 1 Samuel 15:23

Daniel 5:28 · BSB

PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

1 Samuel 13:14 · BSB

But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

1 Samuel 15:23 · BSB

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

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

In context

30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

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 mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

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