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 Porém deixai o tronco [com] suas raízes na terra, e com correntes de ferro e de bronze na erva do campo; e seja molhado com o orvalho do céu, e sua parte seja com os animais na grama da terra.
16 Seu coração seja mudado, para que não seja coração de homem, e seja-lhe dado um coração de animal; e passem sobre ele sete tempos.
17 Esta sentença é por decreto dos vigilantes, esta exigência pela palavra dos santos; para que os viventes saibam que o Altíssimo tem o domínio dos reinos humanos, e ele os dá a quem ele quer, e constitui sobre eles até o mais inferior dos seres humanos.
18 Este foi o sonho que eu, o rei Nabucodonosor, vi. Tu, pois, Beltessazar, dize a interpretação, porque todos os sábios do meu reino não puderam me revelar sua interpretação; mas tu podes, porque há em ti o espírito dos deuses santos.
19 Então Daniel, cujo nome era Beltessazar, ficou atônito por um certo tempo, e seus pensamentos o espantavam. O rei falou: Beltessazar, não fiques espantado com o sonho nem com sua interpretação. Beltessazar respondeu: Meu senhor, que o sonho seja para os que te odeiam, e sua interpretação para teus inimigos.
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