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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• ¹³{i}I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;{/i}
¹⁴{i}he 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.{/i} (Dan. 4:13‑14)

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Psa. 9:16,20• ¹⁶Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah.
²⁰Put thou fear into them, O Jehovah;{HR}The Gentiles shall know that they are but men. Selah. (Psa. 9:16,20)

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Dan. 4:25,32,35• 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.
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}.
³⁵And 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. 4:25,32,35)

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Psa. 75:6‑7• ⁶For not from east,{HR}Nor from west,{HR}Nor from south [is] lifting up.
⁷For God [is] judge;{HR}One he putteth down,{HR}And lifteth up another. (Psa. 75:6‑7)

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

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1 Kings 21:25• ²⁵{i}(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.{/i} (1 Kings 21:25)

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2 Kings 21:6• ⁶And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 21:6)

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

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by the.

Dan. 4:13‑14• ¹³{i}I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;{/i}
¹⁴{i}he 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.{/i} (Dan. 4:13‑14)

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1 Kings 22:19‑20• ¹⁹{i}And 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;{/i}
²⁰{i}and 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.{/i} (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 apart from prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality. (1 Tim. 5:21)

the holy.

Dan. 4:8‑9,13• ⁸But, at the last, Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, {i}and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and before him I told the dream{/i}:
⁹O 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.
¹³{i}I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;{/i} (Dan. 4:8‑9,13)

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Isa. 6:3,8• ³And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
⁸Also I heard the voice of Jehovah, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here [am] I; send me. (Isa. 6:3,8)

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Rev. 4:8• ⁸And the four living creatures, having each of them six wings, round about and within are full of eyes; and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God the Almighty that was and that is and that is to come. (Rev. 4:8)

that the living.

Psa. 9:16• ¹⁶Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)

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Psa. 83:17‑18• ¹⁷They shall be ashamed and dismayed forever,{HR}And they shall be confounded and perish.
¹⁸And they shall know that thou alone,{HR}Whose name [is] Jehovah,{HR}[Art] Most High above 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• 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.
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.
³⁴And 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 forever; 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 heaven, 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• ²¹{i}And it is he that{/i} changeth the times and seasons; He removeth kings and setteth up kings, He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding. (Dan. 2:21)

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Dan. 5:18‑21• ¹⁸{i}O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;{/i}
¹⁹{i}and 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.{/i}
²⁰{i}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;{/i}
²¹{i}and 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.{/i} (Dan. 5:18‑21)

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

giveth.

Psa. 75:6‑7• ⁶For not from east,{HR}Nor from west,{HR}Nor from south [is] lifting up.
⁷For God [is] judge;{HR}One he putteth down,{HR}And lifteth up another. (Psa. 75:6‑7)

the basest.

Dan. 4:25• 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. (Dan. 4:25)

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Dan. 11:21• ²¹And in his estate 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• ¹⁶{i}And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to show thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth.{/i} (Ex. 9:16)

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1 Sam. 2:8• ⁸He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,{HR}And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,{HR}To set them among princes,{HR}And to make them inherit the throne of glory:{HR}For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's,{HR}And He hath set the world upon them. (1 Sam. 2:8)

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1 Kings 21:25• ²⁵{i}(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.{/i} (1 Kings 21:25)

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2 Kings 21:6‑18• ⁶And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah to provoke him to anger.
⁷And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which Jehovah said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
⁸neither will I make the feet of Israel move anymore out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
⁹But they hearkened not, {i}and Manasseh{/i} seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed {i}from before the children of Israel{/i}.
¹⁰{i}And Jehovah spoke by his servants the prophets saying,{/i}
¹¹{i}Because 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;{/i}
¹²{i}therefore 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.{/i}
¹³{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And 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;{/i}
¹⁵{i}because 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.{/i}
¹⁶{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁷{i}And 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?{/i}
¹⁸{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Kings 21:6‑18)

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

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Psa. 12:8• ⁸The wicked walk round about when vileness is exalted among the sons of men. (Psa. 12:8)

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Psa. 113:7‑8• ⁷He raiseth from the dust the poor one;{HR}From the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
⁸To set with rulers, with nobles of his people. (Psa. 113:7‑8)

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Ezek. 7:24• ²⁴{i}Therefore 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.{/i} (Ezek. 7:24)

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1 Cor. 1:28• ²⁸and the low-born things of the world and those despised God chose, [and] the things that are not, that he might bring to nought 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision 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.

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.)