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Daniel 4:30

The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, to be the seat or capital of his entire empire, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty? It was a statement of inordinate pride, by which Nebuchadnezzar made himself the creator of the size and glory of his kingdom, thereby robbing God of the honor which fitly should be given to Him alone.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Daniel 4:30. _IS NOT THIS GREAT BABYLON_] Here his heart was inflated with pride; he attributed every thing to himself, and acknowledged God in nothing. The _walls, hanging gardens, temple of Be...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE KING SPAKE AND SAID - The Chaldee, and the Greek of Theodotion and of the Codex Chisianus here is, “the king answered and said:” perhaps he replied to some remark made by his attendants in regard...

  • 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

    SPAKE. answered. GREAT BABYLON. The German Orient Society's excavations during recent years have shown how "great" it was. See _Records of the Past,_ vol. i, p, &c. THAT. HAVE BUILT. Everywhere this...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _spake_ ANSWERED (Daniel 2:20). _great Babylon_ Revelation 16:19 (in a figurative sense); cf. Jeremiah 51:58. I] The pronoun is emphatic. _for the house of the kingdom for_ a royal dwell

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The fulfilment of the dream....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IS NOT THIS GREAT BABYLON THAT I HAVE BUILT— The circuit of this city is said to have been 360 stadia at least, or more than 45 miles, and Pliny extends it to 60 miles. Herodotus describes it as a squ...

  • 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

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? IS NOT THIS GREAT BABYLON, THAT I HAV...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:30 kingdom (b-20) i.e. the royal residence....

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HOUSE OF THE KINGDOM] RV 'royal dwelling place.'...

  • 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

    GREAT BABYLON. — The area of Babylon is said to have been 200 square miles. It was surrounded by walls 85 feet in width, 335 feet high. In these were brazen gates leading to various terraces which fac...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Daniel 4:27]_ עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְ אָמַ֔ר הֲ...

  • 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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _CHRIST’S LAW FOR A NATION AND ITS NEIGHBOURS_ ‘The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    I now approach the matter before us. Some think Nebuchadnezzar to have been touched with _penitence _when instructed by God’s anger, and thus the time of his punishment was put off. This does not seem...

  • 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

    THE KING SPAKE AND SAID,.... Either within himself, or to his nobles about him; or perhaps to foreigners he had took up with him hither to show the grandeur of the city: IS NOT THIS GREAT BABYLON, TH...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? Ver. 30. _The king spake and said._] No...

  • 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...

  • 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

    GREAT BABYLON: as to the greatness of this place, it might be well called great, for most historians and geographers make it forty-five miles about the walls, some sixty; for the height of the walls,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 4:30 king H4430 spoke H6032 (H8750) saying H560 (H8750) not H3809 this H1932 H1668 great...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke and said, “Is not this Babylon the great which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my...

  • 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

    _Is not this great Babylon, that I have built._ THE PRIDE OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR First, we have not so wonderful an opinion of God, or of His word, or of His heaven, as we have of our own acts, although w...

  • 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

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • 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

    1 Chronicles 29:12; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Peter 5:5; 2 Chronicles 2:5;...

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