THEOSISDaniel 4:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The tree which thou sawest, which was high and strong, whose height reached to the skies, and the sight thereof into all the earth:
אִֽילָנָא֙ דִּ֣י חֲזַ֔יְתָ דִּ֥י רְבָ֖ה וּתְקִ֑ף וְרוּמֵהּ֙ יִמְטֵ֣א לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ לְכָל־אַרְעָֽא׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Dan 4:25All these things came upon king Nabuchodonosor.
- Dan 2:21And he changeth times and ages: taketh away kingdoms, and establisheth them: giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding:
- 1 Sam 2:8He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.
- Ps 75 (74):6
- Ps 75 (74):7
- Jer 27:5I made the earth, and the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my stretched out arm: and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes.
- Jer 27:7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son: till the time come for his land and himself: and many nations and great kings shall serve him.
- Dan 5:18O king, the most high God gave to Nabuchodonosor, thy father, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour.