Skip to main content
bible.reafit.ai
Daniel 4:17Dan.4.17

This matter [is] by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

KJV

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Cette sentence est un décret de ceux qui veillent, cette résolution est un ordre des saints, afin que les vivants sachent que le Très-Haut domine sur le règne des hommes, qu'il le donne à qui il lui plaît, et qu'il y élève le plus vil des hommes.

KJV

This matter [is] by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

Patristic reading

1

  • Florus of Lyon

    Book against John Scotus

    il the living know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will (Daniel 4:17). These things were not done just for Nebuchadnezzar, but to instill fear and humility in all worldly powers who read or hear these words. It serves to remind everyone…

Go deeper

For an immersive study of Daniel 4:17 — meditation, lectio divina, exegesis, theology — discover Open Study Bible.

Full study →