Daniel 5:18

Christian Standard Bible ®

Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You king, Ha`Elyon God gave Nevukhadnetztzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

King James Version
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

English Standard Version
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.

New American Standard Bible
"O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.

New Century Version
"O king, the Most High God made your father Nebuchadnezzar a great, important, and powerful king.

Amplified Bible
"O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and greatness and glory and majesty;

Geneva Bible (1587)
O King, heare thou, The most high God gaue vnto Nebuchad-nezzar thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and honour and glory.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, grandeur, glory and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.

Berean Standard Bible
As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

Contemporary English Version
Sir, the Most High God made your father a great and powerful man and brought him much honor and glory.

Complete Jewish Bible
Your majesty, the Most High God gave N'vukhadnetzar your father the kingdom, as well as greatness, glory and majesty.

Darby Translation
O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;

Easy-to-Read Version
"King, God Most High made your grandfather Nebuchadnezzar a very great and powerful king and gave him great wealth.

George Lamsa Translation
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty and honor and glory.

Good News Translation
"The Supreme God made your father Nebuchadnezzar a great king and gave him dignity and majesty.

Lexham English Bible
O king, the Most High God gave the kingdom and the greatness and the glory and the majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your predecessor.

Literal Translation
O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
therof O kinge, God the hyest gaue vnto Nabuchodonosor thy father, ye dignite of a kynge, wt worshipe & honor:

American Standard Version
O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

Bible in Basic English
As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
O thou king, God Most High gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;

King James Version (1611)
O thou king, the most high God gaue Nebuchad-nezzar thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and glory, and honour.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
O thou king, the most high god gaue vnto Nabuchodonozor thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and honour, & glorie.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
O king, the most high God gave to thy father Nabuchodonosor a kingdom, and majesty, and honour, and glory:

English Revised Version
O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

World English Bible
You king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
O! thou kyng, hiyeste God yaf rewme, and greet worschipe, and glorie, and onour, to Nabugodonosor, thi fadir.

Update Bible Version
You, O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

Webster's Bible Translation
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor:

New English Translation
As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.

New King James Version
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor.

New Living Translation
Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar.

New Life Bible
O king, the Most High made your father Nebuchadnezzar king, and gave him greatness, honor, and power.

New Revised Standard
O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar kingship, greatness, glory, and majesty.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As for thee, O king, the Most High God, gave, kingship and greatness and honour and majesty, unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father;

Douay-Rheims Bible
O king, the most high God gave to Nabuchodonosor, thy father, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour.

Revised Standard Version
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnez'zar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty;

Young's Literal Translation
thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:

THE MESSAGE
"Listen, O king! The High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar a great kingdom and a glorious reputation. Because God made him so famous, people from everywhere, whatever their race, color, and creed, were totally intimidated by him. He killed or spared people on whim. He promoted or humiliated people capriciously. He developed a big head and a hard spirit. Then God knocked him off his high horse and stripped him of his fame. He was thrown out of human company, lost his mind, and lived like a wild animal. He ate grass like an ox and was soaked by heaven's dew until he learned his lesson: that the High God rules human kingdoms and puts anyone he wants in charge.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰Because of the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen came to the banquet hall. “May the king live forever,” she said. “Don’t let your thoughts terrify you or your face be pale. ¹¹There is a man in your kingdom who has a spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your predecessor he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners. Your own predecessor, the king, ¹²did this because Daniel, the one the king named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and intelligence, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems. Therefore, summon Daniel, and he will give the interpretation.” ¹³Then Daniel was brought before the king. The king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the Judean exiles that my predecessor the king brought from Judah? ¹⁴I’ve heard that you have a spirit of the gods in you, and that insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom are found in you. ¹⁵Now the wise men and mediums were brought before me to read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not give its interpretation. ¹⁶However, I have heard about you that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around your neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.” ¹⁷Then Daniel answered the king, “You may keep your gifts and give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription for the king and make the interpretation known to him. ¹⁸Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁹Because of the greatness he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages were terrified and fearful of him. He killed anyone he wanted and kept alive anyone he wanted; he exalted anyone he wanted and humbled anyone he wanted.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

O thou: Daniel 3:17, Daniel 3:18, Daniel 4:22, Daniel 6:22, Acts 26:13, Acts 26:19

the most: Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:38, Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:22-25, Daniel 4:32, Deuteronomy 32:8, Psalms 7:17, Psalms 9:2, Psalms 47:2, Psalms 92:8, Lamentations 3:35, Lamentations 3:38, Acts 7:48

Reciprocal: Joshua 6:2 - I have Judges 3:12 - and the Lord 1 Kings 3:7 - thou hast 2 Kings 9:3 - I have anointed 2 Kings 25:28 - the throne 1 Chronicles 29:12 - power 1 Chronicles 29:25 - bestowed 2 Chronicles 13:5 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 36:23 - All the kingdoms Esther 1:4 - excellent Job 9:24 - earth Job 12:9 - the hand Job 36:22 - God Psalms 56:2 - most Psalms 75:7 - he putteth Psalms 92:1 - most Psalms 107:40 - contempt Proverbs 8:15 - By Ecclesiastes 6:2 - a man Isaiah 47:7 - thou saidst Jeremiah 9:23 - neither Jeremiah 27:6 - I given all Jeremiah 43:10 - I will send Jeremiah 52:32 - set Ezekiel 28:14 - and I Ezekiel 31:11 - the mighty Daniel 1:2 - the Lord Daniel 3:24 - O king Daniel 4:30 - and for Daniel 5:2 - father Daniel 5:13 - father Daniel 5:22 - thou Daniel 7:4 - lifted Micah 6:6 - the high Matthew 4:9 - I give Acts 12:23 - because Acts 16:17 - the most Romans 8:39 - height Romans 9:17 - I raised Romans 13:1 - there 1 Corinthians 4:7 - why Ephesians 4:6 - who Hebrews 7:1 - the most Revelation 9:5 - it was Revelation 13:7 - and power

Cross-References

Genesis 4:17
Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.

Genesis 5:14
So Kenan’s life lasted 910 years; then he died.

Genesis 5:15
Mahalalel was 65 years old when he fathered Jared.

1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

Luke 3:37
son of Methuselah,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O thou king,.... "Hear" t, O king; so Aben Ezra supplies it; what he was about to say first, in order to prepare him for the meaning of the handwriting, and the cause of it; or, "thou knowest", as Saadiah supplies it; namely, what follows:

the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom: a very large one, which reached to the ends of the earth: this was not to be ascribed to his predecessor that left it to him; or to his victorious arms, which increased it; or to his idol gods, to whom he attributed it; but to the most high God, from whom promotion alone cometh; and who, being above all gods and kings, sets up, and pulls down, as he pleases; he gave him his large dominions:

and majesty, and glory, and honour; greatness among men; glory and honour from them, on account of the majesty of his person and kingdom; the victories he obtained, and the great things he did to make him famous while he lived, and to perpetuate his memory after death.

t So Pagninus, Munster.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom ... - This reference to Nebuchadnezzar is evidently designed to show to Belshazzar the wickedness of his own course, and the reason which he had to apprehend the Divine vengeance, because he had not learned to avoid the sins which brought so great calamities upon his predecessor. As he was acquainted with what had occurred to Nebuchadnezzar; as he had doubtless seen the proclamation which he had made on his recovery from the dreadful malady which God had brought upon him for his pride; and as he had not humbled himself, but had pursued the same course which Nebuchadnezzar did, he had the greater reason to apprehend the judgment of heaven. See Daniel 5:22-23. Daniel here traces all the glory which Nebuchadnezzar had to “the most high God,” reminding the king that whatever honor and majesty he had he was equally indebted for it to the same source, and that he must expect a similar treatment from him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. Nebuchadnezzar thy father — Or grandfather, as the margin reads, Daniel 5:2. Daniel 5:1.