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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 4:2

Signs and wonders. — Comp. Isaiah 8:18. The appearance of various scriptural phrases in this letter leads us to believe that Daniel must have written it at the king’s request.

The high God. — Referring to his language (Daniel 3:26).

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See also Daniel 4:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Daniel 4:2. _I THOUGHT IT GOOD TO SHOW_] A part of the decree was a recital of the wonders wrought by the hand of the true God in his kingdom and on his person....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I THOUGHT IT GOOD - Margin, “it was seemly before me.” The marginal reading is more in accordance with the original (קדמי שׁפר _sh__e__phar_ _qâdâmay_). The proper meaning of the Chaldee word (שׁפר...

  • 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

    THOUGHT. have thought. WONDERS. astonishing things. HIGH. most HIGH. GOD. Chaldee. _'elaha'_ (emphatic). App-4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Prologue of Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I thought it good_ better (R.V.) IT HATH SEEMED GOOD UNTO ME. _to shew to_ DECLARE (Daniel 2:4). -Shew" suggests here, at least to modern readers, a wrong sense. _signs and wonders_ similarly in Dar...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER FOUR I. DESPOT'S DISGRACEDaniel 4:1-37 a. EMPEROR'S EPHEMERAL EXCURSION AND EDICT TEXT: Daniel 4:1-6 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. I THOUGHT IT GOOD - `It was seemly before me' (Psalms 107:2). TO SHOW THE SIGNS AND WONDERS THAT THE HIGH G...

  • 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

    HIGH] RV 'Most High,'...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Daniel 3:32]_ אָֽתַיָּא֙ וְ תִמְהַיָּ֔א דִּ֚י עֲבַ֣ד...

  • 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

    “THE DECREE OF THE WATCHERS” Daniel 4:1-18 Nebuchadnezzar was in the zenith of his fame and power. His wars were over; his prosperity was assured. But he attributed all to his own wisdom and prowess....

  • 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

    The proud and insolent monarch is here brought to account for his daring impiety towards God, and his cruelty to the Lord's servants. And he is not only compelled to bow down before the Lord's soverei...

  • 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

    I THOUGHT IT GOOD,.... Or, "fair" y and beautiful, highly becoming me, what was my duty, and what might be profitable and beneficial to others, and make for the glory of the great God of heaven and ea...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. Ver. 2. _I thought it good._] Chald., It was meet (or seemly) before me; It was my duty, so Junius. _ To sho...

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

    _Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people_, &c. He addresses the proclamation, not only to his own subjects, but to all to whom the writing should come. _Peace be multiplied unto you_ May all things p...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I thought it good, it pleased the king, he regarded it as the right and seemly thing, TO SHOW THE SIGNS AND WONDERS THAT THE HIGH GOD HATH WROUGHT TOWARD ME, the reference here being to the true God,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    I THOUGHT IT GOOD: Cald. it was seemly before me...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-18 The beginning and end of this chapter lead us to hope, that Nebuchadnezzar was a monument of the power of Divine grace, and of the riches of Divine mercy. After he was recovered from his madness...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I did upon mature thoughts judge it very becoming me, yea, it was my pleasure to let all the world know, 1. The signs and wonders, 2. Wrought by the high God, 3. Toward me, wherein I was personally...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 4:2 thought H6925 good H8232 (H8754) declare H2324 (H8682) signs H852 wonders H8540 High H5943 God...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has wrought towards me. How great are his signs and how mighty are his wonders. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, an...

  • 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

    _Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people._ THE PROCLAMATION OF PEACE TO ALL NATIONS How changed the spirit and deportment of Nebuchadnezzar from what they were on the plains of Dura. Then, we saw hi...

  • 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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • 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

    Acts 22:3; Acts 26:9; Daniel 3:26; Joshua 7:19; Psalms 51:14;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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