Daniel 4:3

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and 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.

Context of Daniel 4:3

1I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace. 2I had a dream that frightened me. While on my bed the images and visions in my mind terrified me. So I issued a decree to bring all the wise men of Babylon before me so that they could make known to me the meaning of the dream. 4When the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans and diviners came in, I recounted the dream to them, but they were unable to make known its interpretation to me. 5Finally Daniel—whose name was Belteshazzar after the name of my god and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods—came in before me and I told him the dream.

Daniel 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 6:27I issue a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom people are to tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. “For He is the living God, enduring forever! His kingdom will never be destroyed, His dominion will never end.
• Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god ever tried to come to take for himself a nation from within a nation—by trials, by signs and wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—like all that Adonai your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
• Psalms 71:19For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to high heaven. You have done great things— O God, who is like You?
• Psalms 72:18Blessed be Adonai Elohim, God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
• Psalms 77:19The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind. Lightning lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
• Psalms 86:10For You are great, and do wonders— You alone are God.
• Psalms 92:5For You made me glad, Adonai, by Your deeds. I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
• Psalms 104:24Adonai, how countless are Your works! In wisdom You made them all— the earth is full of Your creatures.
• Psalms 105:27They performed His signs among them —miracles in the land of Ham.
• Isaiah 25:1Adonai, You are my God, I will exalt You, I will praise Your Name, for You have done wonderful things, plans of old with steadfast faithfulness.
• Isaiah 28:29This also comes from Adonai-Tzva’ot: Wonderful is His counsel, great is His wisdom.
• Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how incomprehensible His ways!
• Hebrews 2:4At the same time, God was testifying by signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Ruach ha-Kodesh, according to His will.
• Daniel 4:17The tree that you saw grow large and strong, whose top reached to heaven and that was visible to all the earth,
• Daniel 2:44“Now in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will this kingdom be left to another people. It will crush and bring to an end all of these kingdoms. But it will endure forever.
• Daniel 6:26Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages dwelling in all the earth: “May your peace be abundant!

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

Topics related to Daniel 4:3

• Converts
• God
• Heathen
• Miracles
• Testimony

In the dictionaries

• Abase
• Alter
• Break
• Dominion
• Dwelling
• Eat
• Lengthening
• Lord
• Pride
• Sure

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