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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:21

Verse 21. He changeth the times] Time, duration, succession are his, and under his dominion. It is in the course of his providence that one king is put down, and another raised up; and therefore he can distinctly tell what he has purposed to do in the great empires of the earth.

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See also Daniel 2:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HE CHANGETH THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS - The object of this is to assert the general control of God in reference to all changes which occur. The assertion is made, undoubtedly, in view of the revol...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 2 NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM AND ITS INTERPRETATION _ 1. The forgotten dream (Daniel 2:1)_ 2. The prayer meeting in Babylon and the answer (Daniel 2:14) 3. Daniel before the king (Daniel 2:24)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL VOLUNTEERS TO EXPLAIN THE DREAM. To save the magicians from their doom, Daniel offers to tell the king his dream and prays to God to make the thing clear to him. DANIEL 2:14. ARIOCH: Eri-Aku ...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE CHANGETH, &C. Compare Daniel 2:9; Daniel 7:25; 1 Chronicles 29:30; Job 34:24;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Daniel's thanksgiving for the great mercy vouchsafed to him....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the times and the seasons_ more exactly SEASONS AND TIMES; cf. Daniel 7:12; Act 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:1. The meaning is, History does not move with the regularity of a clock: the order of things est...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. DANIEL'S DECLARATIONDaniel 2:17-35 a. PRAYER TEXT: Daniel 2:17-24 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 18 that they wo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: HE CHANGETH THE TIMES AND THE SEAS...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:21 seasons; (a-9) Or 'and appointed times,' as ch. 3.7, 'time.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NEBUCHANDEZZAR'S DREAM-IMAGE Nebuchadnezzar in his second year had a dream, which he required the wise men of his court to describe and interpret on pain of death. They said this was beyond their powe...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 V1 When Nebuchadnezzar had been king for almost two years, he had dreams. His mind was anxious and he could not sleep. Verse 1 Nebuc...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    CHANGETH TIMES — _i.e.,_ He orders the events which occur at different times and seasons. Daniel refers to the dream which had been recently revealed to him, in which the changes of future times and s...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ֠ הוּא מְהַשְׁנֵ֤א עִדָּנַיָּא֙ וְ זִמְנַיָּ֔א...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES "With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah 51:23 THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the mighty lessons which it...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WISDOM GRANTED IN THE HOUR OF NEED Daniel 2:14-35 The action of Daniel in this supreme crisis is very instructive. He reckoned absolutely on God, and in his chivalrous endeavor to save the lives of t...

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

    In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by dreams and unable to sleep, called together his enchanters and sorcerers to explain his dreams one of which troubled him especially. Their d...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER II....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Behold, Reader! the prevalency of prayer. Oh! what hath not prayer with faith in Christ wrought? When God the Holy Ghost gives a spirit of prayer, and leads the soul in Jesus into the very retirings o...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Daniel explains, in these words, what might have been obscure; for he teaches God to be the true fountain of wisdom and virtue, while he does not confine them to himself alone, but diffuses them throu...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    On the other hand, we see in the second chapter the mighty king of the Gentiles made the depositary of the history of the Gentiles, and of God's entire plan, as the recipient of these divine communica...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE CHANGETH THE TIMES AND THE SEASON,.... Not only of day and night, summer and winter, and times and seasons of prosperity and adversity; but all the changes and revolutions in states and kingdom...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: Ver. 21. _He changeth the times and...

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

    _Then was the secret revealed_ It is generally thought that this secret was revealed to Daniel only, and that in sleep, by a dream, or, as it is here termed, a night vision. _Then Daniel blessed the G...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Daniel Prepares to Interpret The King's Dream...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and He changeth the times and the seasons, as would appear in the carrying out of the king's prophetic vision; HE REMOVETH KINGS AND SETTETH UP KINGS, all the events in the history of nations being de...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-23 Daniel humbly prayed that God would discover to him the king's dream, and the meaning of it. Praying friends are valuable friends; and it well becomes the greatest and best men to desire the pr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    God made time; God made the sun, moon, and stars, the measure of time; he made the day and the night, and seasons of the year, yea, the revolutions and change of times; he can make bad times better, a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 2:21 changes H8133 (H8683) times H5732 seasons H2166 removes H5709 (H8683) kings H4430 up H6966 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD REVEALS TO DANIEL WHAT HE ASKED. DANIEL IS FILLED WITH GRATITUDE AND PRAISE (DANIEL 2:19). ‘Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Daniel 2:1 I. The narrative sets before us the value of united prayer. II. We have an illustration here of the power of gratitude. III. We have an illustration of the devout humility of genuine pie...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Visions of Nebuchadnezzar and their results. The forgotten dream and the failure of the astrologers. Daniel's interpretation after prayer for wisdom. CHARACTERS: Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel, Sha...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 2:1. _In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar,_ after he ascended the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought by...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever._ DANIEL’S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Such a prayer sheds a flood of light upon the character of the man who utters it. It was addr...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:1 Nebuchadnezzar expects his own interpreters to tell him the content of his dream, perhaps to prove that they are genuinely qualified to interpret it (vv. Daniel 2:1). Daniel’...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:14 Daniel leads his friends in praying to the true God for insight. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. VI.—THE THANKSGIVING (Chap. Daniel 2:19) The part of faith not only to pray but to look out for an answer. Daniel prayed in the firm expectation that, if for God’s glory, an answer...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 2:1 DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED. DANIEL 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was trou

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was taken from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 22:12; 1 Chronicles 29:30; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Kings 10:24;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He changeth — God can make the sun go back or stand still, as in Ahaz and Joshua's time, it is the great part of God's power and prerogative to change times. Daniel here attributes that to God, which...

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