Daniel 4 · Verse 34

Daniel 4:34

And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
Daniel 4:34, King James Version

Daniel 4:34 in other translations

BSBBut at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
WEBAt the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
ASVAnd at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation;
YLT‘And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes to the heavens have lifted up, and mine understanding unto me returneth, and the Most High I have blessed, and the Age-during Living One I have praised and honoured, whose dominion is a dominion age-during, and His kingdom with generation and generation;
DARBYAnd at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto the heavens, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
BBEAnd at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation.
WebsterAnd at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

What does Daniel 4:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
34. lifted up mine eyes unto heaven--whence the "voice" had issued (Da 4:31) at the beginning of his visitation. Sudden mental derangement often has the effect of annihilating the whole interval, so that, when reason returns, the patient remembers only the event that immediately preceded his insanity. Nebuchadnezzar's looking up towards heaven was the first symptom of his "understanding" having "returned." Before, like the beasts, his eyes had been downward to the earth. Now, like Jonah's (Jon 2:1, 2, 4) out of the fish's belly, they are lifted up to heaven in prayer. He turns to Him that smiteth him (Is 9:13), with the faint glimmer of reason left to him, and owns God's justice in punishing him. praised ... him--Praise is a sure sign of a soul spiritually healed (Psa 116:12, 14; Mr 5:15, 18, 19). I ... honoured him--implying that the cause of his chastisement was that he had before robbed God of His honor. everlasting dominion--not temporary or mutable, as a human king's dominion.

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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 4:34 in the original Hebrew

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וְלִקְצָ֣תve.lik.Tzatand to [the] end ofH7118
יֽוֹמַיָּה֩yo.mai.Yah'days theH3118
אֲנָ֨ה'a.NahIH576
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֜רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarNebuchadnezzarH5020
עַיְנַ֣י\׀'ay.Naieye myH5870
לִשְׁמַיָּ֣אlish.mai.Ya'to heavens theH8065
נִטְלֵ֗תnit.LetI liftedH5191
וּמַנְדְּעִי֙u.man.de.'Iand understanding myH4486
עֲלַ֣י'a.Laion meH5922
יְת֔וּבye.Tuvit returnedH8421
וּלְעִלָּאָה֙u.le.'i.la.ya'and <obj.> Most High theH5943
בָּרְכֵ֔תba.re.KhetI blessedH1289
וּלְחַ֥יu.le.Chaiand <obj.> [the] [one] living ofH2417
עָלְמָ֖א'al.Ma'<the> perpetuityH5957
שַׁבְּחֵ֣תsha.be.ChetI praisedH7624
וְהַדְּרֵ֑תve.ha.de.Retand I glorifiedH1922
דִּ֤יdithatH1768
שָׁלְטָנֵהּ֙shal.ta.Nehdominion hisH7985
שָׁלְטָ֣ןshal.Tan[is] a dominion ofH7985
עָלַ֔ם'a.LamperpetuityH5957
וּמַלְכוּתֵ֖הּu.mal.khu.Tehand kingdom hisH4437
עִם\־'im-[is] withH5974
דָּ֥רdargenerationH1859
וְדָֽר\׃ve.Darand generationH1859

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

Cross references for Daniel 4:34

  • Revelation 4:10

    The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

  • Daniel 12:7

    And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

  • Psalms 145:13

    Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

  • Daniel 2:44

    And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

  • Jeremiah 10:10

    But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

  • Daniel 4:32

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

  • Daniel 6:26

    I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

  • Daniel 5:21

    And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

  • Luke 1:33

    And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

  • 1 Timothy 6:16

    Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

  • Daniel 4:26

    And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

  • Psalms 92:1

    A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3441. B.C. 563. at the end.
16,26,32
lifted.
Ps 121:1; 123:1; 130:1,2; Jon 2:2-4; Lu 18:13
I blessed.
Job 1:21; Ps 50:14; 103:1-4; 107:8,15,22,31; Isa 24:15; La 3:19-23
the most High.
17,32; Ps 7:17; 9:2; 92:1; La 3:38
him.
12:7; Ps 90:2; 102:24; 146:10; Jer 10:10; Joh 5:26; 1Ti 1:17; 6:16
Re 4:10; 10:6
whose.
3; 2:44; 7:14; Ps 10:16; 145:13; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 10:10; Mic 4:7
Lu 1:33; Re 11:15
is from.
Ps 90:1

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Context

  • Daniel 4:33

    The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

  • Daniel 4:34

    And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

  • Daniel 4:35

    And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

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Daniel 4:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas al fin del tiempo yo Nabucodonosor alcé mis ojos al cielo, y mi sentido me fué vuelto; y bendije al Altísimo, y alabé y glorifiqué al que vive para siempre; porque su señorío es sempiterno, y su reino por todas las edades.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Maintenant, moi, Nebucadnetsar, je loue et j’exalte et je magnifie le roi des cieux, dont toutes les œuvres sont vérité, et les voies, jugement, et qui est puissant pour abaisser ceux qui marchent avec orgueil.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und am Ende der Tage erhob ich, Nebukadnezar, meine Augen zum Himmel, und mein Verstand kam mir wieder; und ich pries den Höchsten, und ich rühmte und verherrlichte den ewig Lebenden, dessen Herrschaft eine ewige Herrschaft ist, und dessen Reich von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht währt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nunc igitur, ego Nabuchodonosor laudo, et magnifico, et glorifico regem cæli: quia omnia opera ejus vera, et viæ ejus judicia, et gradientes in superbia potest humiliare.