Daniel 4 · Verse 24

Daniel 4:24

This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
Daniel 4:24, King James Version

Daniel 4:24 in other translations

BSBThis is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:
WEB“This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:
ASVthis is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
YLT‘This is the interpretation, O king, and the decree of the Most High it is that hath come against my lord the king:
DARBYthis is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which cometh upon my lord the king:
BBEThis is the sense of it, O King, and it is the decision of the Most High which has come on my lord the king:
WebsterThis is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

What does Daniel 4:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. decree of the Most High--What was termed in Da 4:17 by Nebuchadnezzar, "the decree of the watchers," is here more accurately termed by Daniel, "the decree of the Most High." They are but His ministers.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 4:19-27

Daniel was struck with amazement and terror at so heavy a judgment coming upon so great a prince, and gives advice with tenderness and respect. It is necessary, in repentance, that we not only cease to do evil, but learn to do good. Though it might not wholly prevent the judgment, yet the trouble may be longer before it comes, or shorter when it does come. And everlasting misery will be escaped by all who repent and…

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Daniel 4:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דְּנָ֥הde.NahthisH1836
פִשְׁרָ֖אfish.Ra'[is] interpretation theH6591
מַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'king OH4430
וּגְזֵרַ֤תu.ge.ze.Ratand [is] [the] decree ofH1510
עִלָּאָה֙i.la.ya'Most High theH5943
הִ֔יאHi'itH1932
דִּ֥יdiwhichH1768
מְטָ֖תme.Tatit has reachedH4291
עַל\־'al-toH5922
מָרִ֥יmar.'ilord myH4756
מַלְכָּֽא\׃mal.Ka'king theH4430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 4:24

  • Psalms 107:40

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

  • Isaiah 46:10-11

    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

  • Job 40:11-12

    Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

  • Job 1:12-19

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. …

  • Psalms 2:7

    I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

  • Isaiah 23:9

    The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

  • Isaiah 14:24-27

    The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

  • Daniel 4:17

    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.

  • Psalms 148:6

    He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

  • Job 20:29

    This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the decree.
17; Job 20:29; *marg:
Ps 2:7; 148:6; Isa 14:24-27; 23:9; 46:10,11
come.
Job 1:12-19; 40:11,12; Ps 107:40

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Context

  • Daniel 4:23

    And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

  • Daniel 4:24

    This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

  • Daniel 4:25

    That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

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Daniel 4:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esta es la declaración, oh rey, y la sentencia del Altísimo, que ha venido sobre el rey mi señor:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, ô roi, que mon conseil te soit agréable; et romps avec tes péchés par la justice, et avec ton iniquité, par la compassion envers les affligés, si ce peut être un prolongement de ta paix.
German
Elberfelder 1871
dies ist die Deutung, o König, und dies der Beschluß des Höchsten, der über meinen Herrn, den König, kommen wird:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quam ob rem, rex, consilium meum placeat tibi, et peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum: forsitan ignoscet delictis tuis.