Daniel 5:17-24

Daniel Rebukes the King

Daniel 5:17-24

Daniel Rebukes the King

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Then hath Daniel answered and said before the king, `Thy gifts be to thyself, and thy fee to another give; nevertheless, the writing I do read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;
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thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:
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and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;
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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,
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and from the sons of men he is driven, and his heart with the beasts hath been like, and with the wild asses is his dwelling; the herb like oxen they cause him to eat, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, till that he hath known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He willeth He raiseth up over it.
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`And thou, his son, Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though all this thou hast known;
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and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand is thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.
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`Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;
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See also

Where else Scripture says this.

  • Job 12:10

    In whose hand is the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'
    from verse 23

  • 2 Kings 5:16

    And he saith, `Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood--if I take it ;' and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth.
    from verse 17

  • Daniel 4:25

    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.
    from verse 18

  • Daniel 4:37

    `Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'
    from verse 20

  • 2 Chronicles 36:13

    and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.
    from verse 20

  • 2 Kings 17:14

    and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,
    from verse 20

  • Exodus 9:17

    still thou art exalting thyself against My people--so as not to send them away;
    from verse 20

  • Hebrews 3:13

    but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,
    from verse 20

  • Jeremiah 13:18

    Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low--sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.
    from verse 20

  • Ezekiel 17:24

    And known have all trees of the field That I, Jehovah, have made low the high tree, I have set on high the low tree, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, Jehovah, have spoken, and have done it !'
    from verse 21

  • 2 Chronicles 33:23

    and hath not been humbled before Jehovah, like the humbling of Manasseh his father, for Amon himself hath multiplied guilt.
    from verse 22

  • Exodus 10:3

    And Moses cometh in--Aaron also--unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,
    from verse 22

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