Daniel 4:29

Daniel 4:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
• New International Version (NIV)Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
• English Standard Version (ESV)At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
• New King James Version (NKJV)At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon.

Context of Daniel 4:29

27So King Nebuchadnezzar, please do as I suggest. Stop doing bad things. Start to do things that are right. Turn away from your sins. Instead, be kind to poor people. Then, perhaps, you will continue to be comfortable and happy.’ 28All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. One year later, he was walking on the flat roof of the king's palace in Babylon. 30The king said, ‘Look how great Babylon is! It is the city that I have built to be my home as king. It shows that I am a great and powerful king!’ 31While King Nebuchadnezzar was still boasting about his power, he heard a voice from heaven. It said, ‘I am speaking to you, King Nebuchadnezzar. I have taken away your authority to rule as king!

Daniel 4:29 word by word

לִקְצָ֥ת יַרְחִ֖ין תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֑ר עַל־הֵיכַ֧ל מַלְכוּתָ֛א דִּ֥י בָבֶ֖ל מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ הֲוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• At the endקְצָתqetsâth · endH7118
• of twelveעֲשַׂר‛ăώar ‛ăώrâh · tenH6236
• of twelveתְּרֵיןterêyn tartêyn · twoH8648
• monthsיְרַחyerach · monthH3393
• he walkedהֲלַךְhălak · to goH1981
• he walkedהֲוָאhâvâ' hâvâh · to beH1934
• inעַל‛al · uponH5922
• the palaceהֵיכַלhêykal · temple: palaceH1965
• of the kingdomמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH895

Cross-references for Daniel 4:29

• Genesis 6:3The Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not give life to humans for ever. One day they will die. I will not let them live for more than 120 years. Then they will die.’
• Ecclesiastes 8:11People who are guilty should receive their punishment quickly. If that does not happen, other people also want to do evil things.
• 1 Peter 3:20Those were the spirits of people who had refused to obey God long ago. At that time God waited patiently for them to turn to him while Noah was building a large ship. But only a few people agreed to go into that ship. God saved only eight people when the ship sailed on the deep water.
• 2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not being slow to do what he has promised to do. Some people may think that he is being slow to do it. But he is being patient with you. He does not want to destroy anyone. He wants all people to turn away from the wrong things that they do.
• Revelation 2:21I have given her time to stop doing these bad things. But she refuses to change how she lives. She does not stop having sex with other men.

Commentaries on Daniel 4:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29At the end of twelve months - After the dream, and the interpretation - giving him ample opportunity to repent, and to reform his life, and to avoid the calamity. He walked in the palace - Margin, “upon.” The margin is the more correct rendering. The roofs of houses in the East are made flat, and furnish a common place of promenade, especially in the cool of the evening. See the note at Matthew 9:2. The Codex Chisianus has here, “The king walked upon the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-37Verses 28-37 Pride and self-conceit are sins that beset great men. They are apt to take that glory to themselves which is due to God only. While the proud word was in the king's mouth, the powerful word came from God. His understanding and his memory were gone, and all the powers of the rational soul were broken. How careful we ought to be, not to do any thing which may provoke God to put us out of our senses! God resists the proud. Nebuchadnezzar would…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-33Because the king did not listen to Daniel’s warning, the dream came true.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. twelve months--This respite was granted to him to leave him without excuse. So the hundred twenty years granted before the flood (Ge 6:3). At the first announcement of the coming judgment he was alarmed, as Ahab (1Ki 21:27), but did not thoroughly repent; so when judgment was not executed at once, he thought it would never come, and so returned to his former pride (Ec 8:11). in the palace--rather, upon the (flat) palace roof, whence he could…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 4:29

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Converts
• Palace
• Testimony

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Abase
• Alter
• Break
• Dominion
• Dwelling
• Eat
• House
• Lengthening

Commentaries on Daniel 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings