King James Version

Daniel 4:24

This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

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In the Hebrew text this line is Daniel 4:21.

דְּנָ֥הdenahthisדֵּןpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “this”H1836this(afore-) time, [phrase] after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), [phrase] thus, where(-fore), which.פִשְׁרָ֖אfishrainterpretationפְּשַׁרnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “interpretation”, the definite formH6591an interpretationinterpretation.מַלְכָּ֑אmalkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.וּגְזֵרַ֤תugezeratand decreeגְּזֵרָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and decree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1510a decreedecree.עליאlyhighעִלַּיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “high”, the definite formH5943supreme (i.e. God)(most) high.עִלָּאָה֙ilaahhighעִלַּיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “high”, the definite formH5943supreme (i.e. God)(most) high.הִ֔יאhithisהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “this”H1932{he (she or it); self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are}[idiom] are, it, this.דִּ֥יdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.מְטָ֖תmetatcomeמְטָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “come”, a completed actionH4291to arrive, extend or happencome, reach.עַלalagainstעַלpreposition — “against”H5922{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why with.מראיmrylordמָרֵאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4756a masterlord, Lord.מָרִ֥יmarilordמָרֵאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4756a masterlord, Lord.מַלְכָּֽאmalkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4430a kingking, royal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(4-21) this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king,

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American Standard Version (1901)

this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

Young’s Literal Translation

'This [is] the interpretation, O king, and the decree of the Most High it [is] that hath come against my lord the king:

World English Bible

“This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:

Darby Translation

this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which cometh upon my lord the king:

Douay-Rheims

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and redeem thou thy sins with alms, and thy iniquities with works of mercy to the poor: perhaps he will forgive thy offences.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(4-21) this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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:)

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ τὰ φύλλα αὐτοῦ εὐθαλῆ, καὶ ὁ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ πολύς, καὶ τροφὴ πᾶσιν ἐν αὐτῷ, ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ κατῴκουν τὰ θηρία τὰ ἄγρια, καὶ ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ κατεσκήνουν τὰ ὄρνεα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,