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Daniel 4 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:1 - King Nabuchodonosor to all nations, tribes, and tongues, who dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2 - It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - how great and mighty they are: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his power to all generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:4 - I Nabuchodonosor was thriving in my house, and prospering.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:5 - I saw a vision, and it terrified me, and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - And I made a decree to bring in before me all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - So the enchanters, magicians, soothsayers, and Chaldeans came in: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation thereof;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:8 - until Daniel came, whose name is Baltasar, according to the name of my God, who has within him the Holy Spirit of God; to whom I said,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - O Baltasar, chief of the enchanters, of whom I know that the Holy Spirit of God is in thee, and no mystery is too hard for thee, hear the vision of my dream which I had, and tell me the interpretation of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:10 - I had a vision upon my bed; and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:11 - The tree grew large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its extent to the extremity of the whole earth:
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:12 - its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was meat for all; and under it the wild beasts of the field took shelter, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches of it, and all flesh was fed of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:13 - I beheld in the night vision upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven, and cried aloud, and thus he said,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:14 - Cut down the tree, and pluck off its branches, and shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the wild beasts be removed from under it, and the birds from its branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - Only leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and bind it with an iron and brass band; and it shall lie in the grass that is without and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with the wild beasts in the grass of the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:16 - His heart shall be changed from that of man, and the heart of a wild beast shall be given to him; and seven times shall pass over him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 - The matter is by the decree of the watcher, and the demand is a word of the holy ones; that the living may know that the Lord is most high over the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whomsoever he shall please, and will set up over it that which is set at nought of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - This is the vision which I king Nabuchodonosor saw: and do thou, Baltasar, declare the interpretation, for none of the wise men of my kingdom are able to shew me the interpretation of it: but thou, Daniel, art able; for the Holy Spirit of God is in thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:19 - Then Daniel, whose name is Baltasar, was amazed about one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. And Baltasar answered and said, My lord, let the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation of it to thine enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:20 - The tree which thou sawest, that grew large and strong, whose height reached to the sky and its extent to all the earth;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:21 - and whose leaves were flourishing, and its fruit abundant, (and it was meat for all; under it the wild beasts lodged, and the birds of the sky took shelter in its branches:)
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:22 - is thyself, O king; for thou art grown great and powerful, and thy greatness has increased and reached to heaven, and thy dominion to the ends of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and bind it with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the grass that is without, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:24 - this is the interpretation of it, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - And they shall drive thee forth from men, and thy dwelling shall be with wild beasts, and they shall feed thee with grass as an ox, and thou shalt have thy lodging under the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whom he shall please.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - And whereas they said, Leave the stumps of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom abides sure to thee from the time that thou shalt know the power of the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27 - Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and thine iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:28 - All these things came upon king Nabuchodonosor.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - After a twelvemonth, as he walked in his palace in Babylon,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honour of my glory?
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - While the word was yet in the king's mouth, there came a voice from heaven, saying, To thee, king Nabuchodonosor, they say, The kingdom has departed from thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the wild beasts of the field, and they shall feed thee with grass as an ox: and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whomsoever he shall please.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - In the same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor: and he was driven forth from men, and he ate grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hairs were grown like lions' hairs, and his nails as birds' claws.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - And at the end of the time I Nabuchodonosor lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives for ever, and gave him glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom lasts to all generations:
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - and 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 there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What hast thou done?
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36 - At the same time my reason returned to me, and I came to the honour of my kingdom; and my natural form returned to me, and my princes, and my nobles, sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and more abundant majesty was added to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - Now therefore I Nabuchodonosor praise and greatly exalt and glorify the King of heaven; for all his works are true, and his paths are judgment: and all that walk in pride he is able to abase.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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