Daniel 4:2
1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
3 How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.
4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
- KJV
- I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
- WEB
- It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.
- ASV
- It hath seemed good unto me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.
- DARBY
- It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.
- BLB
- The signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me, it seemed proper for me to show.
- ÅB
- De tegn og under som den høyeste Gud har gjort mot meg, har jeg funnet for godt å kunngjøre.
- OTB
- Jeg er glad for å fortelle om de tegn og under som Den Høyeste Gud har gjort for meg.
- B1930
- De tegn og under som den høieste Gud har gjort mot mig, har jeg funnet for godt å kunngjøre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 3:26
Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,
Read in contextPsalms 66:16
Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
Read in contextActs 22:3–16
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
Read in contextPsalms 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Read in contextJoshua 7:19
So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
Read in contextActs 26:9–16
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Read in contextPsalms 71:18
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
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