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Dan. 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

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I Nebuchadnezzar.After he had successfully finished his wars in Syria, Egypt, etc., and the immense improvements and buildings at Babylon, and in the enjoyment of uninterrupted peace and prosperity in his palace.was.

Psa. 30:6‑7• ⁶And I, I said in my prosperity I shall not be moved forever.
⁷O Jehovah, in thy favour thou hast established strength for my mountain;{HR}Thou hast hidden thy face: I have been confounded. (Psa. 30:6‑7)

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Isa. 47:7‑8• ⁷And thou saidst, I shall be a mistress forever; [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.
⁸Now therefore hear this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, I [am], and all besides me [is] nothing; I shall not sit [as] a widow, neither shall I know loss of children. (Isa. 47:7‑8)

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Isa. 56:12• ¹²Come ye, [say they,] I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure. (Isa. 56:12)

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Jer. 48:11• ¹¹Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. (Jer. 48:11)

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Ezek. 28:2‑5,17• ²Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.
³Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel: there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
⁴with thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
⁵by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
¹⁷Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezek. 28:2‑5,17)

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Ezek. 29:3• ³Speak and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. (Ezek. 29:3)

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Zeph. 1:12• ¹²And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil. (Zeph. 1:12)

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Luke 12:19‑20• ¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry.
²⁰But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:19‑20)

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1 Thess. 5:2‑3• ²For yourselves know thoroughly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief at night.
³When they are saying peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh on them as the pain on her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:2‑3)

• He had attained the summit of all human ambition. Monarch of all the kingdoms of the earth, his authority undisputed, prosperous in all his undertakings, with nothing to disturb his tranquility, whether as touching his public or his private affairs; he was in peace in his house, and flourishing in his palace....And he was, it would seem, happy, but without God. (“Daniel 4” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

W. Kelly Translation

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace.