Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Your majesty, the Most High God gave your grandfather Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty, as well as greatness, glory, and splendor.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
Holman Bible
Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty,
A Conservative Version
O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom and greatness and glory and majesty.
American Standard Version
O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
Amplified
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a 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:
Darby Translation
O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;
Julia Smith Translation
Thou, O king, God most high gave a kingdom and greatness and honor and splendor to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:
King James 2000
O king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor:
Lexham Expanded Bible
{O king}, the Most High God gave the kingdom and the greatness and the glory and the majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your {predecessor}.
Modern King James verseion
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O king, God the highest gave unto Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, the dignity of a king, with worship and honor:
NET Bible
As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.
New Heart English Bible
You king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.
The Emphasized Bible
As for thee, O king, the Most High God, gave, kingship and greatness and honour and majesty, unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father;
Webster
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor:
World English Bible
You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
Youngs Literal Translation
thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:
Themes
Daniel » Jewish captive » Courage and fidelity of
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Honour » Examples of » From God
Ingratitude to God » Exemplified » Nebuchadnezzar
Pride/arrogance » The reward for pride
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Daniel, of belshazzar
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Daniel Deciphers And Interprets The Writing
17 At this, Daniel answered, speaking directly to the king, "Let your gifts and rewards be given to someone else. However, I'll read the writing for the king and tell him its meaning. 18 Your majesty, the Most High God gave your grandfather Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty, as well as greatness, glory, and splendor. 19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, all nations, nations, and languages revered and feared him. He executed those whom he desired to execute, he spared those whom he wished to spare, he promoted those whom he desired to promote, and he humbled those whom he wished to humble.
Cross References
Daniel 2:37-38
You, your majesty, king of kings to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory,
Daniel 4:17
This order is announced by the observers, and the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over human kingdoms and grants them to whomever he desires, and he places the least important of men over them.'
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave nations as their inheritance, when he separated the human race, he set boundaries for the people according to the number of the children of God.
Psalm 7:17
But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High. To the Director: On a stringed instrument. A Davidic Psalm.
Psalm 9:2
I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High!
Psalm 47:2
For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
Psalm 92:8
But you are exalted forever, LORD.
Jeremiah 27:7
All the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until his country's time also comes, and then many nations and great kings will use him as a slave.
Lamentations 3:35
when a person's rights are perverted in defiance of the Most High.
Lamentations 3:38
Do not both good and evil things proceed from the mouth of the Most High?
Daniel 3:17-18
Your majesty, if it be his will, our God whom we serve can deliver us from the blazing fire furnace, and he will deliver us from you.
Daniel 4:2
It gives me great pleasure to tell about the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.
Daniel 4:22-25
it's you, your majesty! You've become great and strong, your greatness has grown to the heavens, and your dominion reaches to the distant parts of the earth.
Daniel 4:32
"The kingdom has been taken from you! You're to be driven away from people. You're to live with the wild animals of the field. You are to be made to eat grass like cattle, and seven years will pass you by until you realize that the Most High is sovereign over human kingdoms and grants them to whomever he desires.'"
Daniel 6:22
My God sent his angel and sealed the mouths of the lions. They have not harmed me, proving that I'm innocent before him. Also against you, your majesty, I've committed no offense."
Acts 7:48
However, the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,
Acts 26:13
On the road at noon, O King, I saw a light from heaven that was brighter than the sun. It flashed around me and those who were traveling with me.
Acts 26:19
"And so, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.