'Forever' in the Bible

The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic begins here): “May the king live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

and declared:May the name of Godbe praised forever and ever,for wisdom and power belong to Him.

“In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever.

But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity returned to me. Then I praised the Most High and honored and glorified Him who lives forever:For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,and His kingdom is from generation to generation.

Because of the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen came to the banquet hall. “May the king live forever,” she said. “Don’t let your thoughts terrify you or your face be pale.

So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said to him, “May King Darius live forever.

Then Daniel spoke with the king: “May the king live forever.

I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel:For He is the living God,and He endures forever;His kingdom will never be destroyed,and His dominion has no end.

But the holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever, yes, forever and ever.’

But the court will convene, and his dominion will be taken away, to be completely destroyed forever.

Those who are wise will shinelike the bright expanse of the heavens,and those who lead many to righteousness,like the stars forever and ever.