Dan 4:17, 23 | ESV | STEP | The sentence is by the decree of the watchers , the decision by the word of the holy ones , to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men .

a[See ver. 13 above]

b[See ver. 13 above]

c ver. 25, 32; ch. 5:21

d Jer. 27:5

eSee 1 Sam. 2:8

f ver. 13

g ver. 14, 15

h ver. 16

Daniel 4:17

17 The sentence is by the decree of ^athe watchers, the decision by the word of ^bthe holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High ^crules the kingdom of men ^dand gives it to whom he will and ^esets over it the lowliest of men.’

Daniel 4:23

23 And because the king saw ^fa watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ^g‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till ^hseven periods of time pass over him,’