Daniel 4 · Verse 29

Daniel 4:29

At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
Daniel 4:29, King James Version

Daniel 4:29 in other translations

BSBTwelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
WEBAt the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
ASVAt the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
YLT‘At the end of twelve months, on the palace of the kingdom of Babylon he hath been walking;
DARBYAt the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon:
BBEAt the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of his great house in Babylon.
WebsterAt the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

What does Daniel 4:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. twelve months--This respite was granted to him to leave him without excuse. So the hundred twenty years granted before the flood (Ge 6:3). At the first announcement of the coming judgment he was alarmed, as Ahab (1Ki 21:27), but did not thoroughly repent; so when judgment was not executed at once, he thought it would never come, and so returned to his former pride (Ec 8:11). in the palace--rather, upon the (flat) palace roof, whence he could contemplate the splendor of Babylon. So the heathen historian, Abydenus, records. The palace roof was the scene of the fall of another king (2Sa 11:2). The outer wall of Nebuchadnezzar's new palace embraced six miles; there were two other embattled walls within, and a great tower, and three brazen gates.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 4:28-37

Pride and self-conceit are sins that beset great men. They are apt to take that glory to themselves which is due to God only. While the proud word was in the king's mouth, the powerful word came from God. His understanding and his memory were gone, and all the powers of the rational soul were broken. How careful we ought to be, not to do any thing which may provoke God to put us out of our senses! God resists the…

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Daniel 4:29 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.

לִקְצָ֥תlik.Tzatto [the] end ofH7118
יַרְחִ֖יןyar.ChinmonthsH3393
תְּרֵֽי\־te.rei-two [plus]H8648
עֲשַׂ֑ר'a.SartenH6236
עַל\־'al-onH5922
הֵיכַ֧לhei.Khal[the] palace ofH1965
מַלְכוּתָ֛אmal.khu.Ta'kingdom theH4437
דִּ֥יdiofH1768
בָבֶ֖לva.VelBabylonH895
מְהַלֵּ֥ךְme.ha.Lekhwalking aboutH1981
הֲוָֽה\׃ha.Vahhe wasH1934

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

Cross references for Daniel 4:29

  • Revelation 2:21

    And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

  • Genesis 6:3

    And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

  • 1 Peter 3:20

    Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

  • 2 Peter 3:15

    And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

  • Ecclesiastes 8:11

    Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

  • 2 Peter 3:9-10

    The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Ge 6:3; Ec 8:11; 1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 3:9,10,15; Re 2:21
in. or, upon.

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Context

  • Daniel 4:28

    All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

  • Daniel 4:29

    At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

  • 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?

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Daniel 4:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		A cabo de doce meses, andándose paseando sobre el palacio del reino de Babilonia,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et on te chassera du milieu des hommes, et ta demeure sera avec les bêtes des champs; on te fera manger de l’herbe comme les bœufs, et sept temps passeront sur toi, jusqu’à ce que tu connaisses que le Très-haut domine sur le royaume des hommes et qu’il le donne à qui il veut.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nach Verlauf von zwölf Monaten wandelte er umher auf dem königlichen Palaste zu Babel;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et ab hominibus ejicient te, et cum bestiis et feris erit habitatio tua: fœnum quasi bos comedes, et septem tempora mutabuntur super te, donec scias quod dominetur Excelsus in regno hominum, et cuicumque voluerit, det illud.