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ThenDanielanswered and saidbefore the king, Let thy giftsbe to thyself, and give thy rewards to another;yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
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And for the majesty that he gave him, allpeople,nations, and languages,trembled* and fearedbeforehim: whom he would* he slew*; and whom he would* he kept alive*; and whom he would* he set up*; and whom he would* he put down*.
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And he was drivenfrom the sons of men; and his heart was madelike the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven;till he knew that the most highGodruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointethover it whomsoever he will.
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But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his housebefore thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunkwine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass,iron,wood, and stone, which seenot,norhear, norknow: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou notglorified:
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ThencommandedBelshazzar, and they clothedDaniel with scarlet, and put a chain of goldabout his neck, and made a proclamationconcerning him, that he should be the thirdruler in the kingdom.