Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Daniel 4:8
Belteshazzar. See note on Daniel 1:7.
god. Chaldee. 'elah. App-4.
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.
gods. Chaldee. 'elahin (plural) App-4.
Belteshazzar. See note on Daniel 1:7.
god. Chaldee. 'elah. App-4.
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.
gods. Chaldee. 'elahin (plural) App-4.
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_at the last_ It is difficult to understand how the Aram. can bear this meaning; though no doubt something substantially similar is what is intended. Behrmann renders, -And (so it was) till another ca...
Nebuchadnezzar describes his dream, which, as the wise men of Babylon were unable to interpret it, he laid before Daniel....
WHOSE NAME WAS— _Whose name is._...
b. RULER'S REVERIE RELATED, PART I TEXT: Daniel 4:7-12 7 Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make know...
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But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, [saying], Ver....
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DANIEL CAME IN BEFORE ME; whether sent for by the king, or brought in by another, appears not, but he was last, that it might appear he had the true understanding of these secrets; for if he had come...
Daniel 4:8 at H5705 last H318 Daniel H1841 came H5922 me H6925 name H8036 Belteshazzar H1096 name H8036 god...
‘But at last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy God, and I told the dream before him.' At length Daniel arriv...
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CONTENTS: Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation. The true vision and its interpretation. Vision fulfilled; the restoration of Nebuchadnezzar. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar, Astrologers. CONCLUSION:...
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