Daniel 4:1
PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.'... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.'... [ Continue Reading ]
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 could interpret (Daniel 4:4). He then called Daniel, and told him the dream, in which he had seen a... [ Continue Reading ]
HIGH] RV 'Most High,'... [ Continue Reading ]
ASTROLOGERS] RV 'enchanters.'... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO THE NAME OF MY GOD] This is merely an assonance, not a strict derivation. The chief god of Nebuchadnezzar was Marduk (Merodach). The word Belteshazzar does not contain the name of the god Bel: see on Daniel 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
MASTER OF THE MAGICIANS] see on Daniel 2:48.... [ Continue Reading ]
A WATCHER AND AN HOLY ONE] Both terms refer to the same being. The name 'watcher' is first used for 'angel' in Daniel, and is common in the later apocalyptic books. 16. In this v. the figure of the tree is dropped. Times] years.... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTER] RV 'sentence.' The angels are represented as entrusted with the power of deciding the destinies of men.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE HOUR] RV 'a while.' THE DREAM _be_] i.e. be fulfilled on.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF IT MAY BE] RV 'if there may be.' 28-33. In these vv. the narrative, which has hitherto been in the terms of Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation, passes into the third person. The first person is resumed in Daniel 4:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUSE OF THE KINGDOM] RV 'royal dwelling place.'... [ Continue Reading ]