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Dan. 4:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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This matter is by the decreec of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may knowd that the most Highe ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoeverg he will, and setteth up over it the basesth of men.

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Dan. 4:13‑14• ¹³I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;
¹⁴he cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the birds from its branches. (Dan. 4:13‑14)

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Psa. 9:16,20• ¹⁶Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
²⁰Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. (Psa. 9:16,20)

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Dan. 4:25,32,35• ²⁵They 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 thou shalt be bathed with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
³²and 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.
³⁵And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Dan. 4:25,32,35)

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Psa. 75:6‑7• ⁶For not from the east nor from the west, nor yet from the south doth exaltation come:
⁷For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth another. (Psa. 75:6‑7)

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Ex. 9:16• ¹⁶And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth. (Ex. 9:16)

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1 Kings 21:25• ²⁵(Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on. (1 Kings 21:25)

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2 Kings 21:6• ⁶And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and used magic and divination, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 21:6)

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2 Chron. 28:22• ²²And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz. (2 Chron. 28:22)

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Dan. 4:13‑14• ¹³I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;
¹⁴he cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the birds from its branches. (Dan. 4:13‑14)

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1 Kings 22:19‑20• ¹⁹And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left;
²⁰and Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead? And one said after this manner, and another said after that manner. (1 Kings 22:19‑20)

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1 Tim. 5:21• ²¹I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing by favour. (1 Tim. 5:21)

the holy.

Dan. 4:8‑9,13• ⁸But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name is 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:
⁹O Belteshazzar, master of the scribes, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret is too hard for thee, tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, and the interpretation of it.
¹³I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens; (Dan. 4:8‑9,13)

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Isa. 6:3,8• ³And one called to the other and said, Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!
⁸And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said, Here am I; send me. (Isa. 6:3,8)

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Rev. 4:8• ⁸And the four living creatures, each one of them having respectively six wings; round and within they are full of eyes; and they cease not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come. (Rev. 4:8)

that the living.

Psa. 9:16• ¹⁶Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)

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Psa. 83:17‑18• ¹⁷Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
¹⁸That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth. (Psa. 83:17‑18)

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Ezek. 25:17• ¹⁷And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. (Ezek. 25:17)

the most High.

Dan. 4:25,32‑35• ²⁵They 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 thou shalt be bathed with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
³²and 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.
³³The same hour was the word fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen; and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
³⁴And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto the heavens, 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.
³⁵And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Dan. 4:25,32‑35)

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Dan. 2:21• ²¹And it is he that changeth times and seasons; He deposeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom to the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding. (Dan. 2:21)

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Dan. 5:18‑21• ¹⁸O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;
¹⁹and for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he exalted, and whom he would he humbled.
²⁰But 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;
²¹and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruleth over the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. (Dan. 5:18‑21)

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Jer. 27:5‑7• ⁵I have made the earth, man and beast that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give them unto whom it seemeth right in mine eyes.
⁶And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.
⁷And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land also come, when many nations and great kings shall reduce him to servitude. (Jer. 27:5‑7)

giveth.

Psa. 75:6‑7• ⁶For not from the east nor from the west, nor yet from the south doth exaltation come:
⁷For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth another. (Psa. 75:6‑7)

the basest.

Dan. 4:25• ²⁵They 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 thou shalt be bathed with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. (Dan. 4:25)

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Dan. 11:21• ²¹And in his place shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom; but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. (Dan. 11:21)

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Ex. 9:16• ¹⁶And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth. (Ex. 9:16)

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1 Sam. 2:8• ⁸He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set him among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them. (1 Sam. 2:8)

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1 Kings 21:25• ²⁵(Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on. (1 Kings 21:25)

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2 Kings 21:6‑18• ⁶And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and used magic and divination, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
⁷And he set the graven image of the Asherah that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
⁸neither will I any more cause the foot of Israel to wander away from the land that I gave their fathers; if they will only take heed to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
⁹But they would not hearken, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel.
¹⁰And Jehovah spoke by his servants the prophets saying,
¹¹Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;
¹²therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
¹³And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipeth a pan, wiping it and turning it upside down.
¹⁴And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
¹⁵because they have done evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt even to this day.
¹⁶And Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another; beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah.
¹⁷And the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin which he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
¹⁸And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 21:6‑18)

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2 Chron. 28:22• ²²And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz. (2 Chron. 28:22)

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Psa. 12:8• ⁸The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men. (Psa. 12:8)

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Psa. 113:7‑8• ⁷He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
⁸To set him among nobles, among the nobles of his people. (Psa. 113:7‑8)

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Ezek. 7:24• ²⁴Therefore will I bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; and I will make the pride of the strong to cease; and their sanctuaries shall be profaned. (Ezek. 7:24)

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1 Cor. 1:28• ²⁸and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are; (1 Cor. 1:28)

J. N. Darby Translation

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This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decisionc by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "demand," or "matter."