Daniel 5:18 “As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar…”

Daniel 5:18

As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

World English Bible

“To you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.

American Standard Version

O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

Geneva Bible 1599

O King, heare thou, The most high God gaue vnto Nebuchad-nezzar thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and honour and glory.

Darby Translation

O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;

Young's Literal Translation

thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:

Bible in Basic English

As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:

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Cross references

“O thou”

Daniel 6:22 Acts 26:13 Acts 26:19 Daniel 3:17 Daniel 3:18 Daniel 4:22

Daniel 6:22 · BSB

My 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 26:13 · BSB

About 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.

Acts 26:19 · BSB

So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

Daniel 3:17 · BSB

If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.

Daniel 3:18 · BSB

But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

Daniel 4:22 · BSB

you, 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.

“the most”

Daniel 4:17 Daniel 4:22–25 Daniel 4:32 Deuteronomy 32:8 Psalm 7:17 Psalm 9:2

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…

Daniel 4:22–25 · BSB

you, 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.

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…

Deuteronomy 32:8 · BSB

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

Psalm 7:17 · BSB

I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Psalm 9:2 · BSB

I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

Also

Daniel 4:2 Jeremiah 27:7

Daniel 4:2 · BSB

I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.

Jeremiah 27:7 · BSB

All 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.

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

In context

17In response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.

19Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.

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