Daniel 5:18

Good News Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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

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.

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

¹⁰ The queen mother heard the noise made by the king and his noblemen and entered the banquet hall. She said, "May Your Majesty live forever! Please do not be so disturbed and look so pale. ¹¹ There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. When your father was king, this man showed good sense, knowledge, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him chief of the fortunetellers, magicians, wizards, and astrologers. ¹² He has unusual ability and is wise and skillful in interpreting dreams, solving riddles, and explaining mysteries; so send for this man Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, and he will tell you what all this means." ¹³ Daniel was brought at once into the king's presence, and the king said to him, "Are you Daniel, that Jewish exile whom my father the king brought here from Judah? ¹⁴ I have heard that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that you are skillful and have knowledge and wisdom. ¹⁵ The advisers and magicians were brought in to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not discover the meaning. ¹⁶ Now I have heard that you can find hidden meanings and explain mysteries. If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be dressed in robes of royal purple, wear a gold chain of honor around your neck, and be the third in power in the kingdom." ¹⁷ Daniel replied, "Keep your gifts for yourself or give them to someone else. I will read for Your Majesty what has been written and tell you what it means. ¹⁸ "The Supreme God made your father Nebuchadnezzar a great king and gave him dignity and majesty. ¹⁹ He was so great that people of all nations, races, and languages were afraid of him and trembled. If he wanted to kill someone, he did; if he wanted to keep someone alive, he did. He honored or disgraced anyone he wanted to.

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 and his wife had a son and named him Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son.

Genesis 5:14
and died at the age of 910.

Genesis 5:15
When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared,

1 Chronicles 1:3
Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech,

Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Kenan,

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.