New American Standard Bible 2020
Daniel 4:4-8
4“1I, NebuchadnezzarH5020, was at easeH7954 in my houseH1005 and 2happyH7487 in my palaceH1965.
5I sawH2370 a 3dreamH2493 and it startledH1763 me; and these appearancesH2031 as I lay on my bedH4903 and the 4visionsH2376 5in my mindH7217 keptH927 alarmingH927 me.
6So I gaveH7761 ordersH2942 to 6bringH5954 into my presenceH6925 allH3606 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895, soH1768 thatH1768 they might makeH3046 knownH3046 to me the interpretationH6591 of the dreamH2493.
7ThenH116 the 7soothsayerH2749 priestsH2749, the sorcerersH826, the 8ChaldeansH3779, and the divinersH1505 cameH5954 inH5954 and I relatedH560 the dreamH2493 9to them, but they could not makeH3046 its 10interpretationH6591 knownH3046 to me.
8But finallyH5705H318 DanielH1841 cameH5954 inH5954 beforeH6925 me, whoseH1768 nameH8036 is 11BelteshazzarH1096 according to the nameH8036 of my godH426, and in whomH1768 is 1213a spiritH7308 of the holyH6922 godsH426; and I relatedH560 the dreamH2493 14to him, saying,
Notes
- 1. Daniel 4:4 Ch 4:1 in Aram ↩
- 2. Daniel 4:4 Ps 30:6; Is 47:7, 8 ↩
- 3. Daniel 4:5 Dan 2:3 ↩
- 4. Daniel 4:5 Dan 2:1, 28; 4:10, 13 ↩
- 5. Daniel 4:5 Lit of my head ↩
- 6. Daniel 4:6 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:2 ↩
- 7. Daniel 4:7 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:10, 27; 5:7 ↩
- 8. Daniel 4:7 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc. ↩
- 9. Daniel 4:7 Lit before ↩
- 10. Daniel 4:7 Is 44:25; Jer 27:9, 10; Dan 2:7 ↩
- 11. Daniel 4:8 Dan 1:7; 2:26; 5:12 ↩
- 12. Daniel 4:8 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God, and so throughout the ch ↩
- 13. Daniel 4:8 Dan 4:9, 18; 5:11, 14 ↩
- 14. Daniel 4:8 Lit before ↩
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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