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

Daniel 4:25

25 You will be driven ^{▼▼ The Aramaic indefinite active plural is used here like the English passive. So also in v. 28, 29, 32.} from human society, ^{▼▼ Aram “from mankind.” So also in v. 32.} and you will live ^{▼▼ Aram “your dwelling will be.” So also in v. 32.} with the wild animals. You will be fed ^{▼▼ Or perhaps “be made to eat.”} grass like oxen, ^{▼▼ 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.} and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before ^{▼▼ Aram “until.”} you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.