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Daniel 4:30
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!’
Daniel 4:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
- New International Version (NIV)he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)and the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)The king spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”
Context of Daniel 4:30
28All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. 29One year later, he was walking on the flat roof of the king's palace in Babylon. The 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! 32People will chase you away from the city so that you live with the wild animals. You will eat grass as cows do. I will cause you to live like that for seven years. Then you will understand that the powerful God above rules over human kingdoms. He gives authority to rule to anyone that he chooses.’
Read all of Daniel 4Daniel 4:30 word by word
עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר הֲלָ֥א דָא־הִ֖יא בָּבֶ֣ל רַבְּתָ֑א דִּֽי־אֲנָ֤ה בֱנַיְתַהּ֙ לְבֵ֣ית מַלְכ֔וּ בִּתְקַ֥ף חִסְנִ֖י וְלִיקָ֥ר הַדְרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
- spakeעֲנָה‛ănâh · to answerH6032
- and saidאֲמַר'ămar · to sayH560
- Is notלָאlâ' lâh · notH3809
- thisדָּאdâ' · thisH1668
- thisהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1932
- greatרַבrab · greatH7229
- Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH895
- that Iאֲנָה'ănâ' 'ănâh · IH576
- have builtבְּנָהbenâ' benâh · to buildH1124
- for the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · houseH1005
- of the kingdomמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
- by the mightתְּקָףteqôph · mightH8632
- of my powerחֵ֫סֶןchêsen · authorityH2632
- and for the honourיְקָרyeqâr · honorH3367
- of my majestyהֲדַרhădar · honorH1923
Cross-references for Daniel 4:30
- Daniel 5:20But he became very proud and he boasted about his power. So God took away his kingdom. People did not respect him any longer as king.
- Psalms 73:8They laugh at people and they say bad things about them. They proudly speak about cruel things that they want to do to people.
- Proverbs 16:18If you are proud, you will soon come to an end. Anyone who boasts will soon fall down.
- Habakkuk 1:15The Babylonians can easily catch them, like people who catch fish with hooks. They throw their nets into the water, and they catch as many as they want. When they store their fish in special nets, they sing happy songs.
- Habakkuk 2:4Look now! The enemy is very proud. They do not want to do what is right. But righteous people will live because of their faith in God.
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, ‘You have plenty of things stored safely. These will be enough for you for many years. Now you can live an easy life. Eat and drink as much as you want. Enjoy yourself.’ ”
- Luke 14:11It will be the same in the kingdom of God. Some people lift themselves up to be important. God will bring all of them down low. Other people are humble. God will lift up those people to a good place.’
- 1 Peter 5:5I want to say the same thing to you who are young men. You must respect the authority of the leaders. All of you who are believers must respect one another. Do not think that you are more important than other people. The Bible says: ‘God is against proud people. But he is kind to humble people.’
- Genesis 10:10The first of Nimrod's lands were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in Shinar.
- Genesis 11:2People moved to the east. They reached a large flat piece of land called Shinar. They stayed there to live.
- Revelation 16:19As a result, the great city of Babylon broke into three parts. When the ground shook, it also destroyed the big cities of other nations in the world. God did not forget the evil things that the people of the great city of Babylon had done. So they had to drink wine from the cup of God's great anger.
- Revelation 17:5A name was written on the front of her head. Only God knows what it means. It was: Powerful Babylon. Mother of all prostitutes. Mother of all the disgusting things on the earth.
- Revelation 18:10They will stand a long way from the city because they are afraid. They do not want to suffer in the same way. They will say, ‘Terrible trouble has come to you, Babylon! Great city! Powerful city! It is very bad for you! In one single hour God has destroyed you!’
- 1 Chronicles 29:12You are the one who gives people riches and honour. You rule over everything. You have great strength and power, so you are able to make people strong and famous.
- 2 Chronicles 2:5The house that I will build for our God will be a great temple, because he is greater than all gods.
- Isaiah 10:8He boasts, ‘All my army's officers are like kings!
Commentaries on Daniel 4:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Is not this great Babylon - Here his heart was inflated with pride; he attributed every thing to himself, and acknowledged God in nothing. The walls, hanging gardens, temple of Bel, and the royal palace, all built by Nebuchadnezzar, made it the greatest city in the world.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30The king spake and said - The Chaldee, and the Greek of Theodotion and of the Codex Chisianus here is, “the king answered and said:” perhaps he replied to some remark made by his attendants in regard to the magnitude of the city; or perhaps the word “answered” is used, as it often seems to be in the Scriptures, to denote a reply to something passing in the mind that is not uttered; to some question or inquiry that the mind starts. He might merely have…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. 30The city of Babylon had magnificent walls adorned with royal blue ceramic tiles and gold-colored lions and dragons. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon added to the city's splendor, along with the bright and impressive Ishtar Gate. The king saw all of this as a reflection of his own glory and power, not as a gift from the Most High God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. Babylon, that I have built--Herodotus ascribes the building of Babylon to Semiramis and Nitocris, his informant under the Persian dynasty giving him the Assyrian and Persian account. Berosus and Abydenus give the Babylonian account, namely, that Nebuchadnezzar added much to the old city, built a splendid palace and city walls. Herodotus, the so-called "father of history," does not even mention Nebuchadnezzar. (Nitocris, to whom he attributes the…Read the comment
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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
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