Daniel 4:25

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

You shall be driven away from human society, and your dwelling shall be with the wild animals. You shall be made to eat grass like oxen, you shall be bathed with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you have learned that the Most High has sovereignty over the kingdom of mortals and gives it to whom he will.

Cross References

Psalm 103:19

The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

Psalm 106:20

They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

Psalm 75:7

but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

Psalm 83:18

Let them know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.

Jeremiah 27:5

It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the people and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever I please.

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and seasons, deposes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

Daniel 2:37

You, O king, the king of kings—to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the might, and the glory,

Daniel 2:47

The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery!”

Daniel 4:16

Let his mind be changed from that of a human, and let the mind of an animal be given to him. And let seven times pass over him.

Daniel 4:17

The sentence is rendered by decree of the watchers, the decision is given by order of the holy ones, in order that all who live may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of mortals; he gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of human beings.’

Daniel 4:2

The signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me I am pleased to recount.