Daniel 5:18

New English Translation

As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:28

He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Psalm 47:2

For the sovereign Lord is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!

Psalm 7:17

I will thank the Lord for his justice; I will sing praises to the sovereign Lord!

Psalm 9:2

I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!

Psalm 92:8

But you, O Lord, reign forever!

Jeremiah 25:9

So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.

Jeremiah 27:5

“I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit.

Jeremiah 27:7

All nations must serve him and his son and grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon.

Lamentations 3:35

to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High,

Lamentations 3:38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes – both calamity and blessing?

Ezekiel 31:11

I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly, as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out.

Daniel 4:17

This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir, if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!

Daniel 4:2

I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.

Daniel 4:32

You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.”

Daniel 4:34

But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

Daniel 5:21

He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

Daniel 6:22

My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”

Acts 26:13

about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.

Acts 26:19

“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Acts 7:48

Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.