Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
`Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, hath given to thee;
Thou, O king, art a king of kings, unto whom theGod of the heavens hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2