Daniel 4:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.”
Daniel 4:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Daniel 4:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Daniel 4:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’”
Daniel 4:17 — World English Bible
Daniel 4:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.”
Daniel 4:17 — American Standard Version
Daniel 4:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“by the decree of the sifters <FI>is<Fi> the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.”
Daniel 4:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Daniel 4:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.”
Daniel 4:17 — Darby Translation
Daniel 4:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The tree that thou sawest, which was great and mightie, whose height reached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof through all the world,”
Daniel 4:17 — Geneva Bible
Daniel 4:17 in Context — Daniel 4
15 Mais laissez en terre le tronc où se trouvent les racines, et liez-le avec des chaînes de fer et d’airain, parmi l’herbe des champs. Qu’il soit trempé de la rosée du ciel, et qu’il ait, comme les bêtes, l’herbe de la terre pour partage.
16 Son cœur d’homme lui sera ôté, et un cœur de bête lui sera donné; et sept temps passeront sur lui.
17 Cette sentence est un décret de ceux qui veillent, cette résolution est un ordre des saints, afin que les vivants sachent que le Très-Haut domine sur le règne des hommes, qu’il le donne à qui il lui plaît, et qu’il y élève le plus vil des hommes.
18 Voilà le songe que j’ai eu, moi, le roi Nebucadnetsar. Toi, Beltschatsar, donnes-en l’explication, puisque tous les sages de mon royaume ne peuvent me la donner; toi, tu le peux, car tu as en toi l’esprit des dieux saints.
19 Alors Daniel, nommé Beltschatsar, fut un moment stupéfait, et ses pensées le troublaient. Le roi reprit et dit: Beltschatsar, que le songe et l’explication ne te troublent pas! Et Beltschatsar répondit: Mon seigneur, que le songe soit pour tes ennemis, et son explication pour tes adversaires!
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