Daniel 4:24

24 “This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

Daniel 4:24 in Other Translations

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

24 this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king,

24 “‘This is what the dream means, Your Majesty, and what the Most High has declared will happen to my lord the king.

24 - this, O king, also refers to you. It means that the High God has sentenced my master the king:

24 This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the sentence of the Most High that has been passed against my lord the king:

Daniel 4:24 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:24

This is the interpretation, O king
Of this part of the dream, namely, what follows in the two next verses: and this is the decree of the most High;
called before the decree of the watchers, ( Daniel 4:17 ) , and is no other than the decree of that sovereign and absolute Being, whose purposes are unfrustrable: which is come upon my lord the king;
the decree had passed concerning him, and would be most certainly fulfilled: and, because of the certainty of it, it is represented as if it was; for it would shortly and surely come upon him, exactly as it was determined, and by the dream signified.

Daniel 4:24 In-Context

22 Your Majesty, you are that tree! You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.

23 “Your Majesty saw a holy one, a messenger, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump, bound with iron and bronze, in the grass of the field, while its roots remain in the ground. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven; let him live with the wild animals, until seven times pass by for him.’

24 “This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

25 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.

26 The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

Cross References

• 1. Job 40:12; Psalms 107:40; Jeremiah 40:2