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At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
Daniel 4:29 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
  • BSB Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
  • NKJV At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon.
  • NASB Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.
  • NLT Twelve months later he was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace in Babylon.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 6

  • Rev 2:21I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
  • Eccl 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  • 1 Pet 3:20who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
  • 2 Pet 3:15Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;
  • 2 Pet 3:9–10The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
  • Gen 6:3Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”

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  • VideoBibleProject — Daniel videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on DanielMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Daniel sees the stone cut without hands that shatters the kingdoms, and 'one like a son of man' given everlasting dominion — titles and visions Jesus claims as his own.

How Daniel 4:29 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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