Daniel 5:20 “But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pr…”

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

World English Bible

But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.

American Standard Version

But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

Geneva Bible 1599

But when his heart was puft vp, and his minde hardened in pride, hee was deposed from his kingly throne, and they tooke his honour from him.

Darby Translation

But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;

Young's Literal Translation

and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he hath been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,

Bible in Basic English

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:

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Cross references

“when”

Exodus 9:17 Proverbs 16:18 Proverbs 16:5 Isaiah 14:12–17 Daniel 4:37 Exodus 18:11

Exodus 9:17 · BSB

Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

Proverbs 16:18 · BSB

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:5 · BSB

Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.

Isaiah 14:12–17 · BSB

How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

Daniel 4:37 · BSB

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Exodus 18:11 · BSB

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

“hardened”

2 Kings 17:14 2 Chronicles 36:13 Hebrews 3:13 Jeremiah 19:15 1 Samuel 6:6

2 Kings 17:14 · BSB

But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

2 Chronicles 36:13 · BSB

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Hebrews 3:13 · BSB

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

Jeremiah 19:15 · BSB

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks…

1 Samuel 6:6 · BSB

Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?

“in pride”

Jeremiah 13:18 Isaiah 47:1 Jeremiah 48:18 Ezekiel 30:6

Jeremiah 13:18 · BSB

Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

Isaiah 47:1 · BSB

“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

Jeremiah 48:18 · BSB

Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.

Ezekiel 30:6 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

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

In context

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.

21He 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 God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.

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