English Standard Version
Daniel 4:3
3How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures from generation to generation.
Daniel 4:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; his dominion endures from generation to generation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)How great are His signs, And how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion is from generation to generation.
- New Living Translation (NLT)How great are his signs, how powerful his wonders! His kingdom will last forever, his rule through all generations.
Context of Daniel 4:3
1King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you! 2It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me. How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures from generation to generation. 4I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace. 5I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.
Read all of Daniel 4Daniel 4:3 word by word
אָת֙וֹהִי֙ כְּמָ֣ה רַבְרְבִ֔ין וְתִמְה֖וֹהִי כְּמָ֣ה תַקִּיפִ֑ין מַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ מַלְכ֣וּת עָלַ֔ם וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ עִם־דָּ֥ר וְדָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Howמָהmâh · what?H4101
- greatרַבְרַבrabrab · greatH7260
- his signsאָת'âth · signH852
- mightyתַּקִּיףtaqqîyph · strongH8624
- his wondersתְּמַהּtemahh · wonderH8540
- his kingdomמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
- an everlastingעָלַם‛âlam · perpetuityH5957
- and his dominionשׇׁלְטָןsholţân · dominionH7985
- fromעִם‛im · withH5974
- generationדָּרdâr · generationH1859
Cross-references for Daniel 4:3
- Daniel 6:27He delivers and rescues; he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, he who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions."
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Psalms 71:19Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?
- Psalms 72:18Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
- Psalms 77:19Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen.
- Psalms 86:10For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
- Psalms 92:5How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep!
- Psalms 104:24O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
- Psalms 105:27They performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham.
- Isaiah 25:1O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
- Isaiah 28:29This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
- Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
- Hebrews 2:4while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
- Daniel 4:17The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.'
- Daniel 2:44And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,
- Daniel 6:26I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.
Commentaries on Daniel 4:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3How 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 all kings, and his dominion is everlasting; and every generation is a proof of his all-governing influence. These are very fine sentiments, and show how deeply his mind was impressed with the majesty of God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3How 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 monarch of such state and power had been reduced to a condition so humble. With propriety he would regard this as a signal instance of the Divine interposition, and as adapted to give him an exalted view of the supremacy of the true God. And how mighty are his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-37King Nebuchadnezzar was full of pride and believed he had built Babylon by himself (Daniel 4:30; see Genesis 11:1–9). He ignored the warning from the Most High God (Daniel 4:24–27). He had not learned the lesson that God was teaching him, that the God of Daniel exists beyond time and space, and no human is his equal. So, God's judgment came upon Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:17, 25–26; see Proverbs 16:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-37Punished with insanity for his haughtiness, he sinks to the level of the beasts (illustrating Psa 49:6, 12). The opposition between bestial and human life, set forth here, is a key to interpret the symbolism in the seventh chapter concerning the beasts and the Son of man. After his conquests, and his building in fifteen days a new palace, according to the heathen historian, Abydenus (268 B.C.), whose account confirms Daniel, he ascended upon his palace…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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