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Daniel 4:30

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

KJV

Eadem hora sermo completus est super Nabuchodonosor, et ex hominibus abjectus est, et fœnum ut bos comedit, et rore cæli corpus ejus infectum est, donec capilli ejus in similitudinem aquilarum crescerent, et ungues ejus quasi avium.

Vulgate

ἕως δὲ πρωὶ πάντα τελεσθήσεται ἐπὶ σέ, Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ βασιλεῦ Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ οὐχ ὑστερήσει ἀπὸ πάντων τούτων οὐθέν. [1] Ἐγὼ Ναβουχοδονοσόρ, βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος, ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐπεδήθην· χόρτον ὡς βοῦν ἐψώμισάν με καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς χλόης τῆς γῆς ἤσθιον. καὶ μετὰ ἔτη ἑπτὰ ἔδωκα τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς δέησιν, καὶ ἠξίωσα περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου κατὰ πρόσωπον Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀγνοιῶν μου τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν θεῶν τοῦ μεγάλου ἐδεήθην. [2] καὶ αἱ τρίχες μου ἐγένοντο ὡς πτέρυγες ἀετοῦ, οἱ ὄνυχές μου ὡσεὶ λέοντος· ἠλλοιώθη ἡ σάρξ μου καὶ ἡ καρδία μου, γυμνὸς περιεπάτουν μετὰ τῶν θηρίων τῆς γῆς. ἐνύπνιον εἶδον καὶ ὑπόνοιαὶ με εἰλήφασιν, καὶ διὰ χρόνου ὕπνος με ἔλαβε πολὺς καὶ νυσταγμὸς ἐπέπεσέ μοι. [3] καὶ ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τῶν ἐπτὰ ἐτῶν ὁ χρόνος μου τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως ἦλθεν, καὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου καὶ αἱ ἄγνοιαί μου ἐπληρώθησαν ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ ἐδεήθην περὶ τῶν ἀγνοιῶν μου τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν θεῶν τοῦ μεγάλου, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος εἷς ἐκάλεσέν με ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λέγων Ναβουχοδονοσόρ, δούλευσον τῷ θεῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ δὸς δόξαν τῷ ὑψίστῳ· τὸ βασίλειον τοῦ ἔθνους σού σοι ἀποδίδοται.

LXX

The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

ASV

בַּ/הּ שַׁעֲתָ֗/א מִלְּתָ/א֮ סָ֣פַת עַל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר֒ וּ/מִן אֲנָשָׁ֣/א טְרִ֔יד וְ/עִשְׂבָּ֤/א כְ/תוֹרִין֙ יֵאכֻ֔ל וּ/מִ/טַּ֥ל שְׁמַיָּ֖/א גִּשְׁמֵ֣/הּ יִצְטַבַּ֑ע עַ֣ד דִּ֥י שַׂעְרֵ֛/הּ כְּ/נִשְׁרִ֥ין רְבָ֖ה וְ/טִפְר֥וֹ/הִי כְ/צִפְּרִֽין

Hebrew

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Places Babylon

In the original Hebrew

22 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
noun · 27×
א
'
noun · 24×
א
'
noun · 12×
א
'
particle · 38×
א
'
noun · 5×
אָֽכְלָ֣ה
'klh
verb · 7×
דִּֽי
dy
adjective · 345×
הִי
hy
pronoun · 2×
הּ
h
pronoun · 6×
טָֽרְדִ֣ין
trdyn
verb · 4×
טַּ֥ל
tl
noun · 5×
יִצְטַבַּ֑ע
ytstb'
verb · 5×
מִן
mn
preposition · 116×
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר
nbvkdntsr
proper_noun · 32×
נִשְׁרִ֥ין
nshryn
noun · 2×
עַד
'd
preposition · 35×
עַל
'l
preposition · 111×
צִפֲּרֵ֣י
tspry
noun · 4×
רְבָ֖ה
rbh
verb · 6×
שְׂעַ֤ר
sh'r
noun · 3×
תָסֵיף֙
tsyp
verb · 2×
תוֹרִין֙
tvryn
noun · 7×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Rev 18:7 · allusion
    "How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow."
    Daniel: is not this great Babylon — the pride and fall of Babylon

Themes

Typology

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:12 — Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
  • 1Cor 4:7 — For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
  • 1John 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • 1Pet 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
  • 1Sam 2:3 — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
  • 2Chr 2:5 — And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
  • 2Pet 2:18 — For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
  • 2Sam 18:18 — Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own
  • Acts 12:23 — And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
  • Dan 5:18 — O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
  • Deut 8:17 — And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
  • Eccl 2:4 — I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
  • Ezek 16:49 — Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
  • Ezek 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a
  • Ezek 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a
  • Ezek 29:3 — Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have mad
  • Ezek 29:3 — Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have mad
  • Gal 6:14 — But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
  • Gen 3:5 — For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
  • Gen 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
  • Hab 1:16 — Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
  • Isa 10:8 — For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
  • Isa 10:13 — For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhab
  • Isa 13:19 — And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • Isa 37:24 — By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars
  • Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
  • Judg 7:2 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
  • Luke 12:19 — And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
  • Luke 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  • Matt 4:8 — Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
  • Prov 11:2 — When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
  • Prov 16:18 — Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Prov 29:23 — A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
  • Prov 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
  • Ps 30:6 — And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
  • Ps 49:20 — Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
  • Ps 73:6 — Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
  • Ps 73:8 — They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
  • Rev 16:19 — And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wra
  • Rev 16:19 — And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wra