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Daniel 5:20

Daniel 5:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

when: Daniel 4:30-33, Daniel 4:37; Exodus 9:17, Exodus 18:11; Job 15:25-27, Job 40:11-12; Proverbs 16:5, Proverbs 16:18; Isaiah 14:12-17; Luke 1:51-52, Luke 18:14

hardened: 1 Samuel 6:6; 2 Kings 17:14; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 19:15; Hebrews 3:13

in pride: or, to deal proudly

deposed: Chal, made to come down, Isaiah 47:1; Jeremiah 13:18, Jeremiah 48:18; Ezekiel 30:6

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