Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Daniel 4:16
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Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.
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Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
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Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given to him. Then let seven times pass over him.
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let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
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Daniel 4
14 He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
15 But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.
16 Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.
17 This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
18 This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
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