Verse 25

That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Alt dette skjedde med kong Nebukadnesar.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De skal drive deg bort fra menneskene, og din bolig skal være med markens dyr, og de skal gi deg gress å ete som oksen, og himmelens dugg skal væte deg, og syv tider skal gå over deg, til du erkjenner at Den Høyeste hersker i menneskenes rike, og gir det til hvem han vil.

  • Norsk King James

    De skal drive deg bort fra mennesker, og din bolig skal være med dyrene på marken; de skal få deg til å spise gress som oksene, og de skal våte deg med dugg fra himmelen, og syv ganger skal gå over deg, til du vet at Den Høyeste hersker over menneskers rike, og gir det til hvem han vil.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Du skal bli drevet bort fra menneskene, og bo blant dyrene på marken. Du skal spise gress som oksene, og la deg døpe av himmelens dugg, og syv tider skal gå over deg, inntil du erkjenner at Den Høyeste har makt over menneskenes kongerike og gir det til hvem han vil.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Alt dette skjedde med kong Nebukadnesar.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Du skal drives bort fra menneskene, og din bolig skal være hos markens dyr. De skal la deg spise gress som oksene, og deg fukte med himmelens dugg. Og syv tider skal gå over deg, inntil du erkjenner at Den Høyeste styrer i menneskenes kongedømmer, og gir dem til hvem han vil.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    At de skal drive deg bort fra menneskene, og ditt tilhold skal være blant markens dyr; du skal få spise gress som okser, og bli fuktet av himmelens dugg, mens syv ganger går over deg, inntil du forstår at den Høyeste hersker over menneskenes riker og gir det til den han vil.

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Du skal drives bort fra menneskene, og din bolig skal være hos markens dyr. De skal la deg spise gress som oksene, og deg fukte med himmelens dugg. Og syv tider skal gå over deg, inntil du erkjenner at Den Høyeste styrer i menneskenes kongedømmer, og gir dem til hvem han vil.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Alt dette kom over kong Nebukadnesar.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Daniel.4.25", "source": "כֹּ֣לָּא מְּטָ֔א עַל־נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּֽא׃ פ", "text": "All *məṭāʾ* upon-*Nəbûkadneṣṣar* *malkāʾ*.", "grammar": { "*məṭāʾ*": "perfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - it came", "*Nəbûkadneṣṣar*": "proper noun - Nebuchadnezzar", "*malkāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular emphatic - the king" }, "variants": { "*məṭāʾ*": "came/happened/befell", "*kōllāʾ*": "all/everything/the whole" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Alt dette skjedde med kong Nebukadnesar.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Nemlig, man skal støde dig ud fra Folk, og din Bolig skal være hos Dyrene paa Marken, og man skal lade dig smage Urter som Øxne, og væde dig med Himmelens Dug, og syv Tider skulle omskiftes over dig, indtil du kjender, at den Høieste haver Magt over Menneskenes Rige, og giver det til den, han vil.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De skal drive deg bort fra menneskene, og din bolig skal være med markens dyr. De skal la deg spise gress som oksene, og de skal fukte deg med himmelens dugg. Og syv tider skal gå over deg, til du erkjenner at Den Høyeste hersker over menneskenes rike og gir det til hvem han vil.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    at du skal drives bort fra menneskene, og din bolig skal være med dyrene på marken, og du skal spise gress som økser, og bli fuktet av himmelens dugg, og syv tider skal gå over deg, inntil du vet at Den Høyeste hersker i menneskenes rike, og gir det til hvem han vil.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De vil drive deg bort fra menneskene, og ditt bosted skal være med markens dyr, de skal få deg til å spise gress som okser, og de skal fukte deg med himmelens dugg, og syv tider skal gå over deg, inntil du forstår at Den Høyeste er hersker i menneskenes rike og gir det til hvem Han vil.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    at du skal drives bort fra menneskene, og din bolig skal være med markens dyr, og du skal spise gress som okser, og bli våt av himmelens dugg, og syv tider skal gå over deg, til du vet at Den Høyeste hersker i menneskenes rike, og gir det til hvem han vil.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    At de vil sende deg ut fra blant mennesker for å være med dyrene på marken; de vil gi deg gress til mat som oksene, og du vil bli våt med himmelens dugg, og syv tider vil gå over deg, til du er sikker på at Den Høyeste hersker i menneskenes rike, og gir det til hvem han vil.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thou shalt be cast out fro men, and thy dwellinge shalbe with the beestes of the felde: with grasse shalt thou be fed like an oxe. Thou must be wet with the dew of the heauen: yee seuen yeares shall come and go vpon the, till thou knowe, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men, & geueth them, to whom he lyst.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    (4:22) That they shall driue thee from men, and thy dwelling shalbe with the beasts of the fielde: they shall make thee to eate grasse as the oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dewe of heauen: and seuen times shall passe ouer thee, till thou knowe, that the most High beareth rule ouer the kingdome of men, and giueth it to whom so euer he will.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thou shalt be cast out from men, and thy dwelling shalbe with the beastes of the fielde: with grasse shalt thou be fed like oxen, thou must be wet with the deawe of the heauen, yea seue times shall passe ouer thee, till thou knowe that the hyghest hath power ouer the kingdome of men, & geueth it to whom he list.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whoever he will.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they are driving thee away from men, and with the beast of the field is thy dwelling, and the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and by the dew of the heavens they are wetting thee, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    that thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and shalt be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee; till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    That they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and you will be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

Referenced Verses

  • Dan 4:17 : 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 rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.
  • Ps 83:18 : 18 That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.
  • Jer 27:5 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to me.
  • Dan 2:21 : 21 And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding.
  • Ps 106:20 : 20 Thus they changed their glory into the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
  • Job 30:3-8 : 3 For want and famine they were solitary, fleeing into the wilderness in former times desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food. 5 They were driven out from among men, they cried after them as after a thief; 6 To dwell in the clefts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. 7 Among the bushes they brayed, under the nettles they gathered together. 8 They were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
  • Dan 4:32-35 : 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will. 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws. 34 At the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes unto heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him that lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation. 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 none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
  • Dan 5:21-31 : 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men; his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He chooses. 22 And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this. 23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. 24 Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written. 25 And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of each word: MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting. 28 PERES: Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
  • Mark 5:3-4 : 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces: neither could anyone tame him.
  • Ps 75:7 : 7 But God is the judge; he puts down one and exalts another.