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Daniel 4:1
King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Nebuchadnezzar addresses every nation and language dwelling across the earth as he prepares to recount divine interventions.
The words — The Aramaic phrase נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מַלְכָּא (Nebuchadnezzar the king) establishes the royal author, while לְכָל עַמַיָא וּלְשַׁנַיָא (to all peoples and languages) defines the universal scope of the audience.
The thread — This diplomatic opening parallels Daniel 3:4 and Daniel 6:25, where other kings address all nations and languages, and echoes 1 Peter 1:2 in its appeal to a worldwide audience.
Why it lands — The text commands the reader to note a human ruler acknowledging a global audience before declaring divine action, requiring attention to the structural shift from earthly authority to heavenly sovereignty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
Cross-references
- Daniel 6:25 Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
- Daniel 3:4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
- 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
- 1 Chronicles 12:18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
- Ezra 4:17 Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.
- Daniel 3:29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
- Ephesians 1:2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ezra 5:7 The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.
- Esther 3:12 On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
- Esther 8:9 At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.