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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Daniel 4:16

Hour. Chaldee: shaha, (Haydock) implies "a little while;" (Grotius) yet of some duration, not precisely like one of the modern hours. The prophet was silent, being troubled by the divine spirit, (Chap. x. 8.) at the view of impending misery; or unwilling to hurt the king's feelings, till he should urge him to speak. (Calmet) --- He was sorry to denounce such calamities, yet must speak the truth. (Worthington) --- Trouble. Theodot.: "make thee hurry." He perceived the prophet's anxiety, and encouraged him.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 16. _LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED_] Let him conceive himself to be a _beast_, and act as such, herding among the beasts of the field. _LET SEVEN TIMES PASS OVER HIM._] Let him continue in this sta...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED FROM MAN’S, AND LET A BEAST’S HEART BE GIVEN UNTO HIM - Here the same thing occurs in a more marked form, showing that some man was represented by the vision, and indicating s...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 4 THE TREE VISION OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR _ 1. The king's proclamation (Daniel 4:1)_ 2. The king relates the tree vision (Daniel 4:4) 3. Daniel interprets the vision (Daniel 4:19) 4. The tree vi...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL 4. This chapter takes us again into the realm of Apocalyptic. Nebuchadnezzar dreams a fresh dream. This time he sees a gigantic tree, the top of which reached to heaven, full of leaves and frui...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _his heart_ i.e. his intelligence: let him receive the understanding of a beast (imagine himself an animal). The heart, in Hebrew psychology, is the seat not (as commonly with us) of tender feeling (a...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Nebuchadnezzar describes his dream, which, as the wise men of Babylon were unable to interpret it, he laid before Daniel....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED FROM MAN'S— It can only be hence collected, that the king's mind was so changed, that he now appeared to himself no longer as a man, but as an animal; and therefore, of his ow...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED FROM MAN'S - "heart," understanding (, "Make the heart o...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Daniel 4:13]_ לִבְבֵהּ֙ מִן־_אֲנָשָׁ֣א_† יְשַׁנֹּ֔ון וּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE BABYLONIAN CEDAR, AND THE STRICKEN DESPOT THRICE already, in these magnificent stories, had Nebuchadrezzar been taught to recognise the existence and to reverence the power of God. In this chapte...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (h) Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. (h) By this he means that Nebuchadnezzar would not only for a time lose his king...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED FROM MAN'S,.... Not as to the substance, but as to the quality: AND LET A BEAST'S HEART BE GIVEN UNTO HIM; from a human heart, let it be changed into a brutal one; let him be...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    SEVEN The number of completeness....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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