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Dan 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

drive		Dan 4:32,33; Dan 5:21-31; Job 30:3-8; Mar 5:3,4
and thy dwelling		All the circumstances of Nebuchadnezzar's case, says Dr. Mead, agree so well with a hypochondriasis, that to me it appears evident the Almighty God brought this dreadful distemper upon him, and under its influence he ran wild into the fields: then fancying himself transformed into an ox, he fed on grass, after the manner of cattle; and, through neglect of himself, his hair and nails grew to an excessive length, so that the latter became thick and crooked, resembling bird's claws.
to eat		Psa 106:20
till		Dan 4:17,32,34,35; Dan 2:21; Dan 5:21; Psa 75:7; Psa 83:18; Jer 27:5

Correlating Passages

drive

	Dan 4:32	And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
	Dan 4:33	The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' [feathers], and his nails like birds' [claws].
	Dan 5:21	And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and [that] he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
	Dan 5:22	And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
	Dan 5:23	But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
	Dan 5:24	Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
	Dan 5:25	And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
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	Job 30:3	For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
	Job 30:4	Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.
	Job 30:5	They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried after them as [after] a thief;)
	Job 30:6	To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, [in] caves of the earth, and [in] the rocks.
	Job 30:7	Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
	Job 30:8	[They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
	Mar 5:3	Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
	Mar 5:4	Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any [man] tame him.

to eat

Psa 106:20

Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

till

	Dan 4:17	This matter [is] by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
	Dan 4:32	And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
	Dan 4:34	And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation:
	Dan 4:35	And all the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and [among] the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
	Dan 2:21	And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
	Dan 5:21	And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and [that] he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
	Psa 75:7	But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
	Psa 83:18	That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.
	Jer 27:5	I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

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Scott, Thomas. "Daniel 4:25," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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