Daniel 4:24

Christian Standard Bible ®

This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree of the Most High that has been issued against my lord the king:

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of Ha`Elyon, which is come on my lord the king:

King James Version
This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

English Standard Version
this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king,

New American Standard Bible
this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:

New Century Version
"This is the meaning of the dream, O king. The Most High God has commanded these things to happen to my master the king:

Amplified Bible
this is the interpretation, O king: It is the decree of the Most High [God], which has come upon my lord the king:

Geneva Bible (1587)
This is the interpretation, O King, and it is the decree of the most High, which is come vpon my lord the King,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:

Berean Standard Bible
This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

Contemporary English Version
Your Majesty, God Most High has sent you this message, and it means

Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore, your majesty, please take my advice: break with your sins by replacing them with acts of charity, and break with your crimes by showing mercy to the poor; this may extend the time of your prosperity.'

Darby Translation
this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which cometh upon my lord the king:

Easy-to-Read Version
"King, this is the meaning of the dream. God Most High has commanded these things to happen to my lord the king:

George Lamsa Translation
This is the interpretation, O king: The decree of the Most High has come against my lord the king;

Good News Translation
"This, then, is what it means, Your Majesty, and this is what the Supreme God has declared will happen to you.

Lexham English Bible
This is the explanation, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king:

Literal Translation
This is the meaning, O king, and this the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This (o kynge) is ye interpretacio, yee it is the very deuyce of him, yt is hyest of all, & it toucheth my LORDE the kynge.

American Standard Version
this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

Bible in Basic English
This is the sense of it, O King, and it is the decision of the Most High which has come on my lord the king:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by almsgiving, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy prosperity.'

King James Version (1611)
This is the interpretation, O king, & this is the decree of the most Hie, which is come vpon my lord the king:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
This O king is the interpretation, yea it is ye very decree of hym that is hyghest of al, and it toucheth my lord the king.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and thine iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.

English Revised Version
this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

World English Bible
this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come on my lord the king:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
this is the interpretyng of the sentence of the hiyeste, which sentence is comun on my lord, the kyng.

Update Bible Version
this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:

Webster's Bible Translation
This [is] the interpretation, O king, and this [is] the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

New English Translation
this is the interpretation, O king! It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king.

New King James Version
this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:

New Living Translation
"‘This is what the dream means, Your Majesty, and what the Most High has declared will happen to my lord the king.

New Life Bible
This is what it means, O king. This is what the Most High said would happen to my lord the king:

New Revised Standard
this is the interpretation, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, is the interpretation, O king, - and, the decree of the Most High, it is, which hath come upon my lord the king:

Douay-Rheims Bible
24 [21] [fn] This is the interpretation of the sentence of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king.

Revised Standard Version
this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king,

Young's Literal Translation
`This [is] the interpretation, O king, and the decree of the Most High it [is] that hath come against my lord the king:

Contextual Overview

¹⁹Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was stunned for a moment, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” ²⁰The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky and was visible to the whole earth, ²¹and whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant—and on it was food for all, under it the wild animals lived, and in its branches the birds of the sky lived— ²²that tree is you, Your Majesty. For you have become great and strong: your greatness has grown and even reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth. ²³“The king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground and with a band of iron and bronze around it in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with dew from the sky and share food with the wild animals for seven periods of time.’ ²⁴This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree of the Most High that has been issued against my lord the king: ²⁵You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants. ²⁶As for the command to leave the tree’s stump with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules. ²⁷Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the decree: Daniel 4:17, Job 20:29, *marg. Psalms 2:7, Psalms 148:6, Isaiah 14:24-27, Isaiah 23:9, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11

come: Job 1:12-19, Job 40:11, Job 40:12, Psalms 107:40

Reciprocal: Isaiah 57:15 - the high Daniel 4:19 - My Lord Daniel 4:31 - fell Luke 14:5 - Which Acts 7:48 - the most High

Cross-References

Genesis 4:15
Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And he placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.

Matthew 18:22
“I tell you, not as many as seven,”

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This is the interpretation, O king,.... Of this part of the dream, namely, what follows in the two next verses:

and this is the decree of the most High; called before the decree of the watchers, Daniel 4:17, and is no other than the decree of that sovereign and absolute Being, whose purposes are unfrustrable:

which is come upon my lord the king; the decree had passed concerning him, and would be most certainly fulfilled: and, because of the certainty of it, it is represented as if it was; for it would shortly and surely come upon him, exactly as it was determined, and by the dream signified.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is the decree of the Most High - Daniel here designs evidently to direct the attention of the monarch to the one living and true God, and to show him that he presides over all. The purpose of the vision was, in a most impressive way, to convince the king of his existence and sovereignty. Hence, Daniel says that all this was in accordance with his “decree.” It was not a thing of chance; it was not ordered by idol gods; it was not an event that occurred by the mere force of circumstances, or as the result of the operation of secondary laws: it was a direct Divine interposition - the solemn purpose of the living God that it should be so. Nebuchadnezzar had represented this, in accordance with the prevailing views of religion in his land, as a “decree of the Watchers” Daniel 4:17; Daniel, in accordance with his views of religion, and with truth, represents it as the decree of the true God.

Which is come upon my Lord the king - The decree had been previously formed; its execution had now come upon the king.