Daniel 4:29
New International Version
Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

New Living Translation
Twelve months later he was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace in Babylon.

English Standard Version
At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

Berean Standard Bible
Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

King James Bible
At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

New King James Version
At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon.

New American Standard Bible
Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.

NASB 1995
“Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.

NASB 1977
“Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.

Legacy Standard Bible
At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.

Amplified Bible
Twelve months later he was walking on the upper level of the royal palace of Babylon.

Christian Standard Bible
At the end of twelve months, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace in Babylon,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At the end of 12 months, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace in Babylon,

American Standard Version
At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.

English Revised Version
At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Twelve months later, he was walking around the royal palace in Babylon.

Good News Translation
Only twelve months later, while he was walking around on the roof of his royal palace in Babylon,

International Standard Version
About a year later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

Majority Standard Bible
Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

NET Bible
After twelve months, he happened to be walking around on the battlements of the royal palace of Babylon.

New Heart English Bible
At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.

Webster's Bible Translation
At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

World English Bible
At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
At the end of twelve months, on the palace of the kingdom of Babylon he has been walking;

Young's Literal Translation
'At the end of twelve months, on the palace of the kingdom of Babylon he hath been walking;

Smith's Literal Translation
At the end of twelve months in the temple of the kingdom of Babel, he was going about.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
At the end of twelve months he was walking in the palace of Babylon.

Catholic Public Domain Version
After the end of twelve months, he was taking a walk in the palace of Babylon.

New American Bible
You shall be cast out from human society, and shall dwell with wild beasts; you shall be given grass to eat like an ox, and seven years shall pass over you, until you learn that the Most High is sovereign over human kingship and gives it to whom he will.”

New Revised Standard Version
At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
At the end of twelve months King Nebuchadnezzar was walking on the roof of his royal palace which is in Babylon.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And after twelve months on the palace of his kingdom which is in Babel, King Nebukadnetsar was walking
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
After a twelvemonth, as he walked in his palace in Babylon,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Second Dream Fulfilled
28All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. 29Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, 30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”…

Cross References
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Isaiah 14:12-15
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. / You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” ...

Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

James 4:6
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

2 Chronicles 26:16
But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Acts 12:21-23
On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people. / And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!” / Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Isaiah 2:11-12
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. / For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—

Obadiah 1:3-4
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ / Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Matthew 23:12
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

2 Thessalonians 2:4
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

Isaiah 10:12
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Ezekiel 31:10
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

1 Timothy 3:6
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.


Treasury of Scripture

At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

end.

Genesis 6:3
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because 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 Peter 3:20
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

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1. Nebuchadnezzar confesses God's kingdom,
4. makes relation of his dreams, which the magicians could not interpret.
8. Daniel hears the dream.
19. He interprets it.
28. The dream fulfilled.














At the end of twelve months
This phrase marks a significant period in the narrative of King Nebuchadnezzar's life. The "twelve months" indicate a full year since Daniel interpreted the king's dream, warning him of impending judgment if he did not humble himself. The number twelve often symbolizes completeness or divine order in the Bible, suggesting that God gave Nebuchadnezzar ample time to repent. Historically, this period reflects God's patience and grace, allowing the king a full cycle of time to change his ways.

as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon
The "roof of the royal palace" signifies a place of elevation and authority, where Nebuchadnezzar could survey his vast kingdom. Babylon was renowned for its grandeur, including the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This setting underscores the king's pride and self-sufficiency. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the roof was often a place of reflection or worship, but here it becomes a stage for Nebuchadnezzar's hubris. The historical context of Babylon's architectural achievements highlights the king's temptation to glorify himself rather than God.

(29) Twelve months--i.e., counting from the time of the vision. Sufficient time for repentance was mercifully granted to the king.

Palace of the kingdom of Babylon.--He had palaces in other towns. Daniel lays a stress upon the fact that this occurred in the town of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar, the golden head of the image, was in the very centre of his dominions, in his own proud capital, when this occurred. It is needless, therefore, to assume that this was written by a person who lived a long way off from Babylon.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Twelve
תְּרֵֽי־ (tə·rê-)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8648: Two

months
יַרְחִ֖ין (yar·ḥîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3393: A month

later,
לִקְצָ֥ת (liq·ṣāṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7118: A termination, a portion, after

as he was
הֲוָֽה׃ (hă·wāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1934: To become, come to pass, be

walking
מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (mə·hal·lêḵ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1981: To walk

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5922: Above, over, upon, against

the roof of the royal palace
הֵיכַ֧ל (hê·ḵal)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1965: A large public building, palace, temple

of
דִּ֥י (dî)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 1768: Who, which, that, because

Babylon,
בָבֶ֖ל (ḇā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 895: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city


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