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DANIEL CHAPTER 4

DAN 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and

languages, that

dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. <g all> <g

dwell>

DAN 4:2 I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the

high God hath

wrought toward me. <g god> <g good> <g hath> <g high> <g show>

DAN 4:3 How great [are] his signs! and how mighty [are] his

wonders! his kingdom

[ is] an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion [is] from

generation to

generation. <g are> <g dominion> <g everlasting> <g generation>

DAN 4:4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and

flourishing in my palace:

DAN 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts

upon my bed and the

visions of my head troubled me. <g afraid> <g bed> <g dream>

DAN 4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise [men]

of Babylon

before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation

of the dream.

DAN 4:7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the

Chaldeans, and the

soothsayers:and I told the dream before them; but they did not

make known unto

me the interpretation thereof. <g astrologers> <g before> <g

came>

DAN 4:8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name

[was] Belteshazzar,

according to the name of my god, and in whom [is] the spirit of

the holy gods:

and before him I told the dream, [saying] , <g before> <g

belteshazzar>

DAN 4:9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know

that the spirit

of the holy gods [is] in thee, and no secret troubleth thee,

tell me the visions

of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. <g

because>

DAN 4:10 Thus [were] the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw,

and behold, a

tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof [was]

great. <g bed>

DAN 4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof

reached unto

heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:<g all>

DAN 4:12 The leaves thereof [were] fair, and the fruit thereof

much, and in it

[ was] meat for all:the beasts of the field had shadow under it,

and the fowls

of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed

of it.

DAN 4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and,

behold, a watcher and

an holy one came down from heaven; <g bed> <g behold> <g came>

DAN 4:14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and

cut off his

branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit:let the

beasts get away

from under it, and the fowls from his branches:<g aloud> <g away>

DAN 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth,

even with a band

of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it

be wet with the

dew of heaven, and [let] his portion [be] with the beasts in the

grass of the

earth:<g band> <g beasts> <g brass> <g dew> <g earth>

DAN 4:16 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's

heart be given

unto him:and let seven times pass over him. <g changed> <g given>

DAN 4:17 This matter [is] by the decree of the watchers, and the

demand by the

word of the holy ones:to the intent that the living may know

that the most High

ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he

will, and setteth

up over it the basest of men. <g basest> <g decree> <g demand>

DAN 4:18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O

Belteshazzar,

declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise

[men] of my kingdom

are not able to make known unto me the interpretation:but thou

[art] able; for

the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee. <g all> <g are> <g art>

DAN 4:19 Then Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, was

astonied for one hour,

and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said,

Belteshazzar, let not

the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee.

Belteshazzar answered and

said, My lord, the dream [be] to them that hate thee, and the

interpretation

thereof to thine enemies. <g answered> <g astonied> <g

belteshazzar>

DAN 4:20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong,

whose height

reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

<g all>

DAN 4:21 Whose leaves [were] fair, and the fruit thereof much,

and in it [was]

meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and

upon whose branches

the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:<g all> <g beasts>

DAN 4:22 It [is] thou, O king, that art grown and become strong:

for thy

greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion

to the end of the

earth. <g art> <g become> <g dominion> <g earth> <g end>

DAN 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one

coming down from

heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave

the stump of the

roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass,

in the tender

grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven,

and [let] his

portion [be] with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass

over him;

DAN 4:24 This [is] the interpretation, O king, and this [is] the

decree of the

most High, which is come upon my lord the king:<g come> <g

decree>

DAN 4:25 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. <g beasts> <g dew> <g drive> <g dwelling> <g eat>

DAN 4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the

tree roots; thy

kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have

known that the heavens

do rule. <g after> <g commanded> <g do> <g have> <g heavens>

DAN 4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto

thee, and break off

thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy

to the poor; if

it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. <g break> <g

counsel>

DAN 4:28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. <g all> <g

came>

DAN 4:29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of

the kingdom of

Babylon. <g babylon> <g end> <g kingdom> <g months> <g palace>

DAN 4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon,

that I have built

for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for

the honour of my

majesty? <g babylon> <g built> <g great> <g have> <g honour>

DAN 4:31 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. <g departed> <g fell> <g heaven> <g king>

DAN 4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling

[shall be] with

the beasts of the field:they shall make thee to eat grass as

oxen, and seven

times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High

ruleth in the

kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. <g beasts>

DAN 4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon

Nebuchadnezzar:and he was

driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet

with the dew of

heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' [feathers] , and

his nails like

birds' [claws] . <g body> <g claws> <g dew> <g did>

DAN 4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up

mine eyes unto

heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed

the most High, and

I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion

[is] an

everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to

generation:

DAN 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as

nothing:and he

doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and [among]

the inhabitants

of the earth:and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What

doest thou?

DAN 4:36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for

the glory of my

kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my

counsellors and my

lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and

excellent majesty

was added unto me. <g brightness> <g counsellors> <g established>

DAN 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the

King of heaven, all

whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment:and those that

walk in pride he

is able to abase. <g all> <g are> <g extol> <g heaven>

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