Dan 4:17, 35, 5:18 | 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 Isa. 40:17

g[Ps. 115:3; Heb. 1:13, 14]

h[Isa. 14:27]

i Job 9:12; [Isa. 45:9; Rom. 9:20]

j ch. 3:26; 4:2

k[ch. 2:37; 4:22]

l ver. 2

m[ch. 4:36]

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 4:35

35 ^fall the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and ^ghe does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
^hand none can stay his hand
or ⁱsay to him, “What have you done?”

Daniel 5:18

18 O king, the ^jMost High God ^kgave ^lNebuchadnezzar your father ^mkingship and greatness and glory and majesty.