Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Daniel 4:3
How great [are] his signs! and how mighty [are] his wonders! (p) his kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion [is] from generation to generation.
(p) See Daniel 2:44
How great [are] his signs! and how mighty [are] his wonders! (p) his kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion [is] from generation to generation.
(p) See Daniel 2:44
Verse Daniel 4:3. _HOW GREAT_ ARE _HIS SIGNS!_] There are no preternatural signs like his! His _wonders_ - miraculous interferences, are mighty - they surpass all human power. He is the _Sovereign of...
HOW GREAT ARE HIS SIGNS! - How great and wonderful are the things by which he makes himself known in this manner! The allusion is doubtless to what had occurred to himself - the event by which a monar...
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...
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...
HOW GREAT, &C. Compare Daniel 4:34; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:17....
The Prologue of Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation....
_an everlasting kingdom_(מלכות עלם)] cf. Psalms 145:13 (מלכות כל עולמים). is _from_, &c. more exactly, (endureth) WITH _generation_ AND _generation_(i.e. successive generations): so Daniel 4:34 (Aram...
HOW GREAT ARE HIS SIGNS, &C.— The king's repeated experience had extorted from him the sublime confession contained in this verse; the latter part of which is a fine display of the infinite power and...
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...
_HOW GREAT ARE HIS SIGNS! AND HOW MIGHTY ARE HIS WONDERS! HIS KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND HIS DOMINION IS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
4:3 generation. (e-25) Ch. 4 begins here in the original....
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...
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...
_[Daniel 3:33]_ אָתֹ֨והִי֙ כְּ מָ֣ה רַבְרְבִ֔ין וְ...
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...
“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....
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...
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...
In fine, this preface might seem a proof of an important conversion; but we shall directly see how far Nebuchadnezzar was from being entirely purged of his errors. It ought, indeed, to affect us excee...
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...
HOW GREAT ARE HIS SIGNS! AND HOW MIGHTY ARE HIS WONDERS!.... They are great, very great, exceeding great; so great that it cannot be said, nor even conceived how great they are, what a display of wisd...
How great [are] his signs! and how mighty [are] his wonders! his kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion [is] from generation to generation. Ver. 3. _How great are his sons!_] Mark how...
_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...
How great are His signs, and how mighty are His wonders! exceeding those of any so-called gods of the heathen. HIS KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND HIS DOMINION IS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION....
THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM...
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...
HOW GREAT ARE HIS SIGNS! AND HOW MIGHTY ARE HIS WONDERS! these two words signify in their roots, admiration and astonishment; it seems these works of God had that impression upon this king; a great ca...
Daniel 4:3 How H4101 great H7260 signs H852 how H4101 mighty H8624 wonders H8540 kingdom H4437 everlasting H5957 kingdom...
‘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...
EVERLASTING KINGDOM See (2 Samuel 7:16); (Psalms 89:35); (Daniel 7:13); (Daniel 7:14); ...
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...
CONTENTS: Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation. The true vision and its interpretation. Vision fulfilled; the restoration of Nebuchadnezzar. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar, Astrologers. CONCLUSION:...
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. _...
_How great are His signs, and how mighty are His wonders!_ MAN TOUCHING THE INEXPRESSIBLE That the spiritual impression of Nebuchadnezzar was of the right kind is shown by his introductory exclamati...
_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...
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...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XIV.—THE ROYAL TESTIMONY (Chap. Daniel 4:1) In this chapter we have a remarkable testimony from Nebuchadneszar himself [103]. The date usually assigned to it is about ten years aft...
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...
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...
1 Peter 4:11; 1 Timothy 1:17; Daniel 6:27; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 4:17;...
NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S PROCLAMATION Daniel 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom. As we open our study we find King Nebuchadnezzar relating the story of God's dealings with himself: "Nebuchad...
How great are his signs — Nothing less than a real change of heart could cause such a confession as this! Nebuchadnezzar was now old, had reigned above forty years, and seen as much of the world as mo...