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Dan. 4:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let his heart be changedq from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven timesa pass over him.

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Isa. 6:10• ¹⁰Make the heart of this people fat, and make its ears heavy, and smear its eyes: lest it see with its eyes, and hear with its ears, and its heart understand, and it be converted, and be healed. (Isa. 6:10)

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Dan. 12:7• ⁷{i}And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river; and he held up his right hand and his left hand unto the heavens, and swore by him that liveth forever that it is for a time, times, and a half; and when the scattering of the power of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be finished.{/i} (Dan. 12:7)

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Let his.Here a transition is made from the tree to Nebuchadnezzar, whom it represented; the tree being lost sight of, a person came in its stead.

This person having lost the heart, or disposition of a man, and conceiving himself a beast, should act as such, and herd among them.be changed.

Dan. 4:32‑33• ³²{i}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 over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will{/i}.
³³The 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 eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws. (Dan. 4:32‑33)

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Isa. 6:10• ¹⁰Make the heart of this people fat, and make its ears heavy, and smear its eyes: lest it see with its eyes, and hear with its ears, and its heart understand, and it be converted, and be healed. (Isa. 6:10)

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Heb. 1:11• ¹¹They shall perish, but thou continuest; and they all shall grow old as a garment, (Heb. 1:11)

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Mark 5:4‑5• ⁴because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered: and no one could subdue him.
⁵And always, night and day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself with stones. (Mark 5:4‑5)

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Luke 8:27‑29• ²⁷{i}And as he got out [of the ship] on the land, a certain man out of the city met him, who had demons a long time, and{/i} put on no clothes, and did not abide in a house, but in the tombs.
²⁸But seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me not.
²⁹{i}For he{/i} had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the demon into the deserts. (Luke 8:27‑29)

seven times.That is, seven years, a time in the prophetic language denoting a year.

Dan. 4:23,25,31• ²³And 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, 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.
²⁵{i}They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and{/i} 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.
³¹While 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, (Dan. 4:23,25,31)

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Dan. 7:25• ²⁵{i}And he{/i} shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High , and think to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hands, until a time and times and the dividing of time. (Dan. 7:25)

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Dan. 11:13• ¹³{i}For the king of the north shall return, and{/i} set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army, and with much riches. (Dan. 11:13)

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Dan. 12:7• ⁷{i}And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river; and he held up his right hand and his left hand unto the heavens, and swore by him that liveth forever that it is for a time, times, and a half; and when the scattering of the power of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be finished.{/i} (Dan. 12:7)

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Rev. 12:14• ¹⁴And there were given to the woman [the] two wings of the great eagle, that she should fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished there a time and times and half a time from the serpent's face. (Rev. 12:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)