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 Instances of the Mutability of Fortune - Page 83by Alexander Bicknell - 1791 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richmal Mangnall - History - 1859 - 600 pages
...understanding for seven years, and, " driven from men, he ate grass as the oxen; his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like...eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws." At the end of the appointed time he was restored to reason and his throne, living a year after this... | |
| Charles Baker - 1860 - 432 pages
...dream was fulfilled — 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. At the end of *seven years Nebuchadnezzar's reason was restored to him, and he made known to all nations... | |
| Medicine - 1903 - 816 pages
...had said : "Nebuchadnezzar 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. And at the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understandung... | |
| William Blake - Art - 1993 - 302 pages
...Testament Book of Daniel : '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' (4.33). In the apocalyptic New Testament Book of Revelation and Christian tradition he becomes a symbol... | |
| Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...(1955). HERMITS 1 And he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with Y B BIBLE, HEBREW. Dan/e/4:33. 2 To fly from, need not be to hate, mankind: All are not fit with them to... | |
| Roger Poole - Semiotics - 1993 - 344 pages
...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 were like birds' claws" (Daniel 4:33). Once again the theme is that of enforced silence, like Job's,... | |
| E. S. Shaffer - Drama - 1996 - 310 pages
...pride in the Book of Daniel, by being driven from men to 'eat grass as oxen ', his body ' wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like...eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws'. But there grew up in both East and West a tradition of holy wild men : saints and anchorites who withdrew... | |
| E. W. Sprague - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 404 pages
...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." Recovers His Mind. Verse 34 : "At the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto... | |
| Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...Concluding lines. Hermits 1 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. BIBLE: HEBREW, Daniel, 4:33. Referring to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. Heroes and Heroines 1 I'm... | |
| Robert P. Carroll, Stephen Prickett - Bibles - 1998 - 1828 pages
...upon Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with their life. 8 If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of ol bis nails like birds' claws. 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto... | |
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