Daniel 5:19

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Summary

And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: 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.

That he

Whom he would he slew

Bible References

That he

Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

it is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me.

Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

Whom he would he slew

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.