Daniel · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Daniel 4 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Daniel is not in PT1904.
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Ναβουχοδονόσορ ο βασιλεύς, προς πάντας τους λαούς, έθνη και γλώσσας τους κατοικούντας επί πάσης της γής· Ειρήνη ας πληθυνθή εις εσάς.
1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
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2 Τα σημεία και τα θαυμάσια, τα οποία έκαμεν εις εμέ ο Θεός ο Ύψιστος, ήρεσεν ενώπιόν μου να αναγγείλω.
2 It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.
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3 Πόσον είναι μεγάλα τα σημεία αυτού· και πόσον ισχυρά τα θαυμάσια αυτού· η βασιλεία αυτού είναι βασιλεία αιώνιος και η εξουσία αυτού εις γενεάν και γενεάν.
3 How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. His dominion is from generation to generation.
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4 Εγώ ο Ναβουχοδονόσορ ήμην αναπαυόμενος εν τω οίκω μου και ακμάζων εν τω παλατίω μου.
4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.
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5 Είδον ενύπνιον, το οποίον με κατέπληξε, και οι διαλογισμοί μου επί της κλίνης μου και αι οράσεις της κεφαλής μου με ετάραξαν.
5 I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
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6 Διά τούτο εξέδωκα πρόσταγμα να εισαχθώσιν ενώπιόν μου πάντες οι σοφοί της Βαβυλώνος, διά να φανερώσωσιν εις εμέ την ερμηνείαν του ενυπνίου.
6 Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
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7 Τότε εισήλθον οι μάγοι, οι επαοιδοί, οι Χαλδαίοι και οι μάντεις· και εγώ είπα το ενύπνιον έμπροσθεν αυτών, αλλά δεν μοι εφανέρωσαν την ερμηνείαν αυτού.
7 Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in; and I told them the dream, but they didn’t make known to me its interpretation.
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8 Ύστερον δε ήλθεν ο Δανιήλ ενώπιόν μου, του οποίου το όνομα ήτο Βαλτασάσαρ κατά το όνομα του Θεού μου, και εις τον οποίον είναι το πνεύμα των αγίων θεών· και έμπροσθεν τούτου είπα το ενύπνιον, λέγων,
8 But at last, Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. I told the dream before him, saying,
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9 Βαλτασάσαρ, άρχων των μάγων, επειδή εγνώρισα ότι το πνεύμα των αγίων θεών είναι εν σοι, και ουδέν κρυπτόν είναι δύσκολον εις σε, ειπέ τας οράσεις του ενυπνίου μου, το οποίον είδον, και την ερμηνείαν αυτού.
9 “Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
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10 Ιδού αι οράσεις της κεφαλής μου επί της κλίνης μου· Έβλεπον και ιδού, δένδρον εν μέσω της γης και το ύψος αυτού μέγα.
10 These were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great.
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11 Το δένδρον εμεγαλύνθη και ενεδυναμώθη και το ύψος αυτού έφθανεν έως του ουρανού, και η θέα αυτού έως των περάτων πάσης της γης.
11 The tree grew and was strong. Its height reached to the sky and its sight to the end of all the earth.
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12 Τα φύλλα αυτού ήσαν ώραία και ο καρπός αυτού πολύς και εν αυτώ ήτο τροφή πάντων· υπό την σκιάν αυτού ανεπαύοντο τα θηρία του αγρού, και εν τοις κλάδοις αυτού κατεσκήνουν τα πετεινά του ουρανού, και εξ αυτού ετρέφετο πάσα σαρξ.
12 Its leaves were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
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13 Είδον εν ταις οράσεσι της κεφαλής μου επί της κλίνης μου και ιδού, φύλαξ και άγιος κατέβη εκ του ουρανού,
13 “I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a holy watcher came down from the sky.
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14 και εφώνησε μεγαλοφώνως και είπεν ούτω· Κόψατε το δένδρον και αποκόψατε τους κλάδους αυτού· εκτινάξατε τα φύλλα αυτού και διασκορπίσατε τον καρπόν αυτού· ας φύγωσι τα θηρία υποκάτωθεν αυτού και τα πετεινά από των κλάδων αυτού·
14 He cried aloud and said this: ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Let the animals get away from under it and the birds from its branches.
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15 το στέλεχος όμως των ριζών αυτού αφήσατε εν τη γη, και τούτο με δεσμόν σιδηρούν και χαλκούν, εν τω τρυφερώ χόρτω του αγρού· και θέλει βρέχεσθαι με την δρόσον του ουρανού και η μερίς αυτού θέλει είσθαι μετά των θηρίων εν τω χόρτω της γής·
15 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth.
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16 η καρδία αυτού θέλει μεταβληθή εκ της ανθρωπίνης και θέλει δοθή εις αυτόν καρδία θηρίου· και επτά καιροί θέλουσι παρέλθει επ' αυτόν.
16 Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given to him. Then let seven times pass over him.
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17 Το πράγμα τούτο είναι διά προστάγματος των φυλάκων και η υπόθεσις διά του λόγου των αγίων· ώστε να γνωρίσωσιν οι ζώντες, ότι ο Ύψιστος είναι Κύριος της βασιλείας των ανθρώπων, και εις όντινα θέλει δίδει αυτήν, και το εξουθένημα των ανθρώπων καθιστά επ' αυτήν.
17 “‘The sentence 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 rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’
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18 Τούτο το ενύπνιον είδον εγώ ο Ναβουχοδονόσορ ο βασιλεύς· και συ, Βαλτασάσαρ, ειπέ την ερμηνείαν αυτού· διότι πάντες οι σοφοί του βασιλείου μου δεν είναι ικανοί να φανερώσωσι προς εμέ την ερμηνείαν· συ δε είσαι ικανός· διότι το πνεύμα των αγίων θεών είναι εν σοι.
18 “This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
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19 Τότε ο Δανιήλ, του οποίου το όνομα ήτο Βαλτασάσαρ, έμεινεν εκστατικός έως μιας ώρας, και οι διαλογισμοί αυτού ετάραττον αυτόν. Ο βασιλεύς ελάλησε και είπε, Βαλτασάσαρ, ας μη σε ταράττη το ενύπνιον ή η ερμηνεία αυτού. Ο Βαλτασάσαρ απεκρίθη και είπε, Κύριέ μου, το ενύπνιον ας επέλθη επί τους μισούντάς σε και η ερμηνεία αυτού επί τους εχθρούς σου.
19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream or the interpretation trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries.
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20 Το δένδρον, το οποίον είδες, το αυξηθέν και ενδυναμωθέν, του οποίου το ύψος έφθανεν έως του ουρανού και η θέα αυτού επί πάσαν την γην,
20 The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached to the sky and its sight to all the earth;
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21 και τα φύλλα αυτού ήσαν ώραία και ο καρπός αυτού πολύς, και τροφή πάντων ήτο εν αυτώ, και υποκάτω αυτού κατώκουν τα θηρία του αγρού, εν δε τοις κλάδοις αυτού κατεσκήνουν τα πετεινά του ουρανού,
21 whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit plentiful, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation—
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22 συ είσαι το δένδρον τούτο, βασιλεύ, όστις εμεγαλύνθης και ενεδυναμώθης· και η μεγαλωσύνη σου υψώθη και έφθασεν έως του ουρανού και η εξουσία σου έως των περάτων της γης.
22 it is you, O king, that have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
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23 Περί δε του ότι είδεν ο βασιλεύς φύλακα και άγιον καταβαίνοντα εκ του ουρανού και λέγοντα, Κόψατε το δένδρον και καταστρέψατε αυτό· μόνον το στέλεχος των ριζών αυτού αφήσατε εν τη γη, και τούτο με δεσμόν σιδηρούν και χαλκούν, εν τω τρυφερώ χόρτω του αγρού· και ας βρέχηται υπό της δρόσου του ουρανού και μετά των θηρίων του αγρού ας ήναι η μερίς αυτού, εωσού παρέλθωσιν επτά καιροί επ' αυτό·
23 “Whereas the king saw a holy watcher coming down from the sky and saying, ‘Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him.’
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24 αύτη είναι η ερμηνεία, βασιλεύ, και αύτη η απόφασις του Υψίστου, ήτις έφθασεν επί τον κύριόν μου τον βασιλέα·
24 “This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:
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25 και θέλεις διωχθή εκ των ανθρώπων και μετά των θηρίων του αγρού θέλει είσθαι η κατοικία σου, και θέλεις τρώγει χόρτον ως οι βόες και υπό της δρόσου του ουρανού θέλεις βρέχεσθαι· και επτά καιροί θέλουσι παρέλθει επί σε, εωσού γνωρίσης ότι ο Ύψιστος είναι Κύριος της βασιλείας των ανθρώπων και εις όντινα θέλει, δίδει αυτήν.
25 You will be driven from men and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You will be made to eat grass as oxen, and will be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
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26 Περί δε του ότι προσετάχθη να αφήσωσι το στέλεχος των ριζών του δένδρου· το βασίλειόν σου θέλει στερεωθή εν σοι, αφού γνωρίσης την ουράνιον εξουσίαν.
26 Whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom will be restored to you after you learn that Heaven rules.
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27 Διά τούτο, βασιλεύ, ας γείνη δεκτή η συμβουλή μου προς σε, και έκκοψον τας αμαρτίας σου διά δικαιοσύνης και τας ανομίας σου διά οικτιρμών πενήτων· ίσως και διαρκέση η ευημερία σου.
27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”
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28 Πάντα ταύτα ήλθον επί τον Ναβουχοδονόσορ τον βασιλέα.
28 All this came on the King Nebuchadnezzar.
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29 Εν τω τέλει δώδεκα μηνών, ενώ περιεπάτει επί του βασιλικού παλατίου της Βαβυλώνος,
29 At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
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30 ελάλησεν ο βασιλεύς και είπε, Δεν είναι αύτη η Βαβυλών η μεγάλη, την οποίαν εγώ ωκοδόμησα διά καθέδραν του βασιλείου με την ισχύν της δυνάμεώς μου και εις τιμήν της δόξης μου;
30 The king spoke 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?”
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31 Ο λόγος ήτο έτι εν τω στόματι του βασιλέως και έγεινε φωνή εξ ουρανού λέγουσα, Προς σε αναγγέλλεται, Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεύ· η βασιλεία παρήλθεν από σού·
31 While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you.
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32 και θέλεις εκδιωχθή εκ των ανθρώπων και μετά των θηρίων του αγρού θέλει είσθαι η κατοικία σου· χόρτον ως οι βόες θέλεις τρώγει, και επτά καιροί θέλουσι παρέλθει επί σε, εωσού γνωρίσης ότι ο Ύψιστος είναι Κύριος της βασιλείας των ανθρώπων, και εις όντινα θέλει, δίδει αυτήν.
32 You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’”
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33 Εν αυτή τη ώρα ο λόγος εξετελέσθη επί τον Ναβουχοδονόσορ· και εξεδιώχθη εκ των ανθρώπων και χόρτον ως οι βόες έτρωγε και υπό της δρόσου του ουρανού το σώμα αυτού εβρέχετο, εωσού αι τρίχες αυτού ηυξήνθησαν ως αετών πτερά και οι όνυχες αυτού ως ορνέων.
33 This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men and ate grass like oxen; and his body was wet with the dew of the sky until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
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34 Και εν τέλει των ημερών, εγώ ο Ναβουχοδονόσορ εσήκωσα τους οφθαλμούς μου προς τον ουρανόν και αι φρένες μου επέστρεψαν εις εμέ και ευλόγησα τον Ύψιστον και ήνεσα και εδόξασα τον ζώντα εις τον αιώνα, του οποίου η εξουσία είναι εξουσία αιώνιος και η βασιλεία αυτού εις γενεάν και γενεάν,
34 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 who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
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35 και πάντες οι κάτοικοι της γης λογίζονται ενώπιον αυτού ως ουδέν, και κατά την θέλησιν αυτού πράττει εις το στράτευμα του ουρανού και εις τους κατοίκους της γης, και δεν υπάρχει ο εμποδίζων την χείρα αυτού ή ο λέγων προς αυτόν, Τι έκαμες;
35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”
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36 Εν τω αυτώ καιρώ αι φρένες μου επέστρεψαν εις εμέ· και προς δόξαν της βασιλείας μου επανήλθεν εις εμέ η λαμπρότης μου και η μορφή μου και οι αυλικοί μου και οι μεγιστάνές μου με εζήτουν, και εστερεώθην εν τη βασιλεία μου και μεγαλειότης περισσοτέρα προσετέθη εις εμέ.
36 At the same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me.
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37 Τώρα εγώ ο Ναβουχοδονόσορ αινώ και υπερυψώ και δοξάζω τον βασιλέα του ουρανού, διότι πάντα τα έργα αυτού είναι αλήθεια και αι οδοί αυτού κρίσις, και τους περιπατούντας εν τη υπερηφανία δύναται να ταπεινώση.
37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
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Cross references (36)
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- 1 Daniel 6:25; 1 Peter 1:2; Daniel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 12:18; Ephesians 1:2
- 2 Daniel 3:26; Psalm 66:16; Acts 22:3–16; Psalm 51:14; Joshua 7:19
- 3 Psalm 145:13; Isaiah 25:1; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:14; Revelation 11:15
- 4 Isaiah 47:7–8; Ezekiel 29:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Psalm 30:6–7; Isaiah 56:12
- 5 Daniel 2:1; Daniel 7:28; Job 7:13–14; Daniel 5:5–6; Daniel 2:28–29
- 6 Daniel 2:2; Genesis 41:7–8; Isaiah 47:12–14; Isaiah 8:19
- 7 Isaiah 44:25; Daniel 2:7; Daniel 2:27; Genesis 41:8; 2 Timothy 3:8–9
- 8 Daniel 1:7; Daniel 5:14; Daniel 4:18; Daniel 2:11; Daniel 4:9
- 9 Daniel 5:11; Daniel 2:48; Daniel 4:8; Genesis 41:38; Ezekiel 28:3
- 10 Daniel 4:5; Jeremiah 12:2; Isaiah 10:33–34; Psalm 37:35–36; Ezekiel 31:3–18
- 11 Daniel 4:21–22; Matthew 11:23; Deuteronomy 9:1; Genesis 11:4
- 12 Luke 13:19; Lamentations 4:20; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 31:6–7; Mark 13:32
- 13 Deuteronomy 33:2; Daniel 7:1; Daniel 8:13; Zechariah 14:5; Daniel 4:23
- 14 Matthew 3:10; Ezekiel 31:12–13; Daniel 4:23; Daniel 4:12; Luke 3:9
- 15 Job 14:7–9; Daniel 4:25–27; Ezekiel 29:14–15
- 16 Daniel 4:23; Revelation 12:14; Isaiah 6:10; Daniel 4:25; Hebrews 1:11
- 17 Daniel 2:21; Daniel 4:25; 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 75:6–7; Jeremiah 27:5–7
- 18 Genesis 41:8; Daniel 5:15; Genesis 41:15; Daniel 5:8; Daniel 4:7–9
- 19 Daniel 8:27; Daniel 7:28; 1 Samuel 3:17; Daniel 4:24; Daniel 10:16–17
- 20 Ezekiel 31:3; Daniel 4:10–12; Ezekiel 31:16
- 22 2 Samuel 12:7; Daniel 2:37–38; Jeremiah 27:6–8; Daniel 5:18–23; Psalm 108:4
- 23 Daniel 5:21; Daniel 4:13–16
- 24 Psalm 107:40; Isaiah 46:10–11; Job 40:11–12; Job 1:12–19; Psalm 2:7
- 25 Daniel 4:17; Jeremiah 27:5; Psalm 83:18; Daniel 2:21; Psalm 106:20
- 26 Daniel 4:15; Matthew 21:20; Daniel 2:37; Matthew 5:34; Luke 15:21
- 27 Isaiah 55:6–7; Jonah 3:9; Acts 8:22; Ezekiel 18:27–32; James 4:8–10
- 28 Numbers 23:19; Zechariah 1:6; Proverbs 10:24; Matthew 24:35
- 29 Revelation 2:21; Genesis 6:3; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 3:15; Ecclesiastes 8:11
- 30 Proverbs 16:18; Revelation 17:5; Ezekiel 29:3; Isaiah 10:8–15; Revelation 18:10
- 31 Acts 9:3–5; Revelation 16:7; Luke 12:20; Daniel 4:24; Daniel 5:28
- 32 Daniel 5:21; Jeremiah 27:5; Proverbs 8:15–16; Job 12:18–21; Exodus 9:29
- 33 Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 5:21; Isaiah 30:14; Job 20:5
- 34 Revelation 4:10; Daniel 12:7; Psalm 145:13; Daniel 2:44; Jeremiah 10:10
- 35 Job 42:2; Psalm 135:6; Psalm 115:3; Romans 11:33–36; Isaiah 40:15–17
- 36 Proverbs 22:4; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 4:15–16; Matthew 6:33
- 37 James 4:6–7; Psalm 33:4–5; 1 Peter 5:5–6; 1 Samuel 2:3; Deuteronomy 32:4
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… quencheth fire, so alms quencheth sin." Again it is written, "Shut up alms in the heart of a poor man, and it shall make supplication for thee before the Lord." Again it is written, "Hear, O king, my counsel, and redeem thy sins by alms." And many other testimonies of the Divine oracles are there, whereby it is shown that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
After this, saith he, I, Nabuchodonosor, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and I blessed the Most High, and to Him that liveth for ever I gave praise and glory.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… think also that I have the Spirit of God," and again, "that good thing which was committed to thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us." And of Daniel it is fitting to say that "the Holy Spirit of God is in him," and similarly of men who are like these in virtue.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
And what [of this], that he called him "Belteshazzar, the name of" his own "god"? Thus [it seems] they accounted their gods to be nothing wonderful, when he called even the captive thus; he who commands all men to worship the image, manifold and of various colors, and who adores the dragon.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
They are kings of men, who reign upon earth, but not without the power from above: and this Nebuchadnezzar once learned by experience, when he said; For His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His power from generation to generation.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)