Daniel 4:3

4:3 “How great are his signs!

How mighty are his wonders!

His kingdom will last forever, ¹ 

and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

Daniel 4:25

4:25 You will be driven ²  from human society, ³  and you will live ⁴  with the wild animals. You will be fed ⁵  grass like oxen, ⁶  and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before ⁷  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

[4:3]  ¹ tn Aram “his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”

[4:25]  ² tn The Aramaic indefinite active plural is used here like the English passive. So also in v. 28, 29,32.

[4:25]  ³ tn Aram “from mankind.” So also in v. 32.

[4:25]  ⁴ tn Aram “your dwelling will be.” So also in v. 32.

[4:25]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “be made to eat.”

[4:25]  ⁶ sn Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity has features that are associated with the mental disorder known as boanthropy, in which the person so afflicted imagines himself to be an ox or a similar animal and behaves accordingly.

[4:25]  ⁷ tn Aram “until.”