Daniel 5:17-19

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷Then Daniel replied and said before the king, “^[a]Keep your ^(A)gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him. ¹⁸^[b]O king, the ^(B)Most High God ^(C)granted ^[c]sovereignty, ^(D)greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father. ¹⁹Now because of the greatness which He granted him, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all ^[d]languages trembled and feared in his presence; ^(E)whomever he wished, he killed, and whomever he wished, he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated, and whomever he wished he humbled.

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Footnotes

Daniel 5:17 Lit Let...be for
Daniel 5:18 Lit You, O king
Daniel 5:18 Or the kingdom
Daniel 5:19 Lit tongues

Daniel 5:17-19

King James Version

¹⁷Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

¹⁸O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

¹⁹And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, 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 set up; and whom he would he put down.

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Daniel 5:17-19

English Standard Version

¹⁷Then Daniel answered and said before the king, ^(A)“Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation. ¹⁸O king, the ^(B)Most High God ^(C)gave ^(D)Nebuchadnezzar your father ^(E)kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. ¹⁹And because of the greatness that he gave him, ^(F)all peoples, nations, and languages ^(G)trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.