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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Daniel 4:32

With, or "by the powers ( angels. ver. 10.)....as by men." (Grotius) --- The stars are also frequently thus described. (Matthew xxiv. 29.) The king probably believed that the God of the Jews was above his gods, the sun, fire, &c. (Calmet)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Daniel 4:32. _THEY SHALL MAKE THEE, C._] Thou shalt be made _to eat_ _grass as oxen_. The madness that fell upon him induced him to forsake society, and to run to the woods and deserts, where h...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THEY SHALL DRIVE THEE FROM MEN ... - See the note at Daniel 4:25....

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And_ THOU SHALT BE DRIVEN … SHALT BE MADE _to eat grass as oxen_ The passives, as Daniel 4:25, with which, indeed, except that one clause is omitted, the present verse agrees almost verbally....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The fulfilment of the dream....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    f. DESPOT'S DERANGEMENT TEXT: Daniel 4:28-33 28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. 30 The king spake and s...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 M...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM AND ITS FULFILMENT In the form of a proclamation Nebuchadnezzar records his experience of the power of the Most high God (Daniel 4:1). He had a dream which none of his wise men...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 4 V1 I, King Nebuchadnezzar, send this message to everyone in the world. I am writing to the people in every country who speak every la...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEY SHALL DRIVE THEE. — This verse is only slightly abridged from Daniel 4:25 by the omission of the clause “they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven.”...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Daniel 4:29]_ וּ מִן ־אֲנָשָׁא֩ לָ֨ךְ טָֽרְדִ֜ין...

  • 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

    NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S HUMILIATION Daniel 4:19-37 Beyond doubt Nebuchadnezzar was one of the most illustrious princes the world has ever seen. The discoveries which Layard commenced among the mounds of the...

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

    The last story connected with the reign of Nebuchadnezzar consisted of the king's own manifesto, setting forth the dealings of the Most High God with him. The opening ascription of praise is most rema...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! how truly affecting is this history! What an awful testimony in confirmation, that the judgment of the enemies of God's Christ, lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. Some curious...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    It follows, — _They shall expel thee from among men, and thy habitation shall be with the beasts of the field _— _or _of the _country, _— _they shall make thee eat grass like oxen! _Some think Nebucha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In chapter 4 we see the manifestation of human pride; the king glories in the work of his hands, as though he had created his own greatness. This pride brings judgment. Power is reduced to the conditi...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THEY SHALL DRIVE THEE FROM MEN,.... According to the interpretation of the dream given by Daniel, which this voice from heaven confirms; Daniel 4:25, where the same things are said as here....

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar_ With what admirable propriety is the person changed here! the six following verses being delivered in the third person. But in the 34th, Nebuchadnezzar, ha...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And they shall drive thee from man, away from the society of human beings, AND THY DWELLING SHALL BE WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, with the irrational brutes; they, the subject again impersonal, SHALL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DREAM...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    28-37 Pride and self-conceit are sins that beset great men. They are apt to take that glory to themselves which is due to God only. While the proud word was in the king's mouth, the powerful word cam...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FROM MEN; from the society and conversation of men....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 4:32 drive H2957 (H8751) from H4481 men H606 dwelling H4070 with H5974 beasts H2423 field H1251 eat...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Daniel 4 I. In this chapter we have a solemn and instructive warning against pride and vain-glory. II. A sad illustration of the proverb that pride goeth before a fall. III. A beautiful illustratio...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation. The true vision and its interpretation. Vision fulfilled; the restoration of Nebuchadnezzar. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar, Astrologers. CONCLUSION:...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The three first verses of this chapter in Theodotian and the Vulgate, are appended to the third chapter; but seem to stand better as in the English, being the introduction to the dream. Daniel 4:5. _...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Wherefore, O King, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee._ DANIEL’S COUNSEL Daniel gives counsel to the king like a man of God, directing him to break off his sins by righteousness, and his iniqui...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    MOMENTS, OF ASTONISHMENT “Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him.” There are moments of astonishment in all true ministries. The word “hour”...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar has another dream, and Daniel again is the only one of his officials able to interpret it. This dream concerns Nebuchadnezzar’s own need to acknowledge that th...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 4:28 A year went by, but Nebuchadnezzar was unchanged. The view from THE ROOF OF THE ROYAL PALACE OF BABYLON included numerous ornate temples, the hanging gardens, and the outer...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. XVI.—NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S MADNESS (Chap. Daniel 4:28) “Riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure to all generations?” History presents us with many and great contrasts occurri...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 4:1 THE MADNESS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. We follow here the division of chapters which we find in our English Version, and as, indeed, in all modern versions. The Aramaic concludes the t...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now Nebuchadnezzar the king, [a proclamation] unto all the people, nation, languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 4:14; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:26; Daniel 5:21;...

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