I am pleased to declare the signs and miracles that the Most High God has done for me.
Parallel translations
- WEB It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.
- KJV I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
- BSB I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
- NKJV I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me.
- NLT “I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me.
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Quick answer
The king announces that he will tell the signs and wonders God has done for him. He wants all to know God's dealings with him.
Overview
Nebuchadnezzar treats his humbling and restoration as "signs and wonders" worth proclaiming. What was a painful discipline he now sees as God's gracious work. His eagerness to testify shows a heart genuinely changed by his encounter with the Most High.
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Cross-references · 8
- Dan 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the middle of the fire.
- Ps 66:16Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
- Ps 71:18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
- Acts 22:3–16“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.
- Acts 26:9–16“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- Josh 7:19Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t hide it from me!”
- Ps 51:14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
- Ps 92:1–2A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;
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