18 "Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.

Other Translations of Daniel 5:18

King James Version

18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

English Standard Version

18 O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.

The Message

18 "Listen, O king! The High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar a great kingdom and a glorious reputation.

New King James Version

18 O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor.

New Living Translation

18 Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Daniel 5:18

Commentary on Daniel 5:18-31

(Read Daniel 5:18-31)

Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but they will be judged by One to whom all things are open. Daniel reads the sentence written on the wall. All this may well be applied to the doom of every sinner. At death, the sinner's days are numbered and finished; after death is the judgment, when he will be weighed in the balance, and found wanting; and after judgment the sinner will be cut asunder, and given as a prey to the devil and his angels. While these things were passing in the palace, it is considered that the army of Cyrus entered the city; and when Belshazzar was slain, a general submission followed. Soon will every impenitent sinner find the writing of God's word brought to pass upon him, whether he is weighed in the balance of the law as a self-righteous Pharisee, or in that of the gospel as a painted hypocrite.