Daniel 4:37
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר
Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar
{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}
הָלַל
hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causative...
רוּם
rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
גָּאוֹן
gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
שָׁפֵל
shâphêl
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Key Terms in This Verse
רוּם rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Study H7311 →שָׁפֵל shâphêl
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Study H8213 →גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
Study H1347 →נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar
{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}
Study H5020 →כָּבוֹד kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Study H3519 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →Cross References
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, ...
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, ...
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