다니엘 4:30-36 KRV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:31

While the word was in the king's mouth - How awful to a victorious and proud king: "Thy kingdom is departed from thee!" All thy goods and gods are gone in a moment! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:32

They shall make thee, etc. - Thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen. The madness that fell upon him induced him to forsake society, and to run to the woods and deserts, where he lived like a wild beast, his hairs growing long and thick, so as to be a substitute for clothing; and his nails strong and hooked, that he might the better climb trees and grub up the ground, in order to get roots and earth-nuts. It was the mercy of God that thus clothed and accoutred him. His case seems much like... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:36

My reason returned - Every thing was fulfilled that was exhibited by the dream and its interpretation. It is very likely that this unfortunate king had so concealed himself that the place of his retreat was not found out; and the providence of God had so watched over every thing, that, on his return to his palace, he found his counselors and his lords, who received him gladly, and cleaved to and served him as they had formerly done. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:30

Verse 30 I now approach the matter before us. Some think Nebuchadnezzar to have been touched with penitence when instructed by God’s anger, and thus the time of his punishment was put off. This does not seem to me probable, and I rather incline to a different opinion, as God withdrew his hand till the end of the year, and thus the king’s pride was the less excusable. The Prophet’s voice ought to have frightened him, just as if God had thundered and lightened from heaven. He now appears to have... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:31

Verse 31 It now follows, — While the speech was in the mouth of the king, a voice descended from heaven —They say unto thee, O King Nebuchadnezzar, thy kingdom has departed from thee! God does not now admonish the king of Babylon by either the mouth of a Prophet or a dream by night; but he sends forth his own voice from heaven; and as if he had not tamed down the pride by which the king was puffed up, a voice is now heard from heaven which inspires greater terror than either the Prophet’s... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:32

Verse 32 It follows, — They shall expel thee from among men, and thy habitation shall be with the beasts of the field — or of the country, — they shall make thee eat grass like oxen! Some think Nebuchadnezzar to have been changed into a beast; but this is too harsh and absurd. We need not fancy any change of nature; but he was cut off from all intercourse with men, and with the exception of a human form, he did not differ from the brutes, — nay, such was his deformity in his exile that, as we... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:33

Verse 33 The Prophet concludes what he had said: As soon as the voice had come down from heaven, Nebuchadnezzar was cast out from mankind! Some occasion of expelling him might have preceded this; but since the divination is uncertain, I had rather leave undetermined what the Holy Spirit has not revealed. I only wished to touch upon this point shortly, when he boasted in the foundation of Babylon by the fortitude of his own energy; since his own nobles must have become disgusted when they saw... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:34

Verse 34 The Prophet again introduces King Nebuchadnezzar as the speaker. He says, then, After that time had elapsed, he raised his eyes to heaven Without doubt, he means those seven years. As to his then beginning to raise his eyes to heaven, this shews how long it takes to cure pride, the disease under which he labored. For when any vital part of the body is corrupt and decaying, its cure is difficult and tedious; so also when pride exists in men’s hearts, and gains an entrance within the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:35

Verse 35 Now the opposite clause is added to complete the contrast, because though it follows that nothing is firm or solid in mankind, yet this principle flourishes, namely, God is eternal; yet few reason thus, because in words all allow God to be firm and everlasting, yet they do not descend into themselves and seriously weigh their own frailty. Thus, being unmindful of their own lot, they rage against God himself. The explanation then which occurs here is required; for after Nebuchadnezzar... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:36

Verse 36 Here Nebuchadnezzar explains at length what he had previously touched upon but shortly; for he had recovered his soundness of mind, and thus commends God’s mercy in being content with a moderate and temporary chastisement; and then he stretched forth his hand, and out of a beast formed a man again! He was not changed into a brute, as we have said, but he was treated with such ignominy, and made like wild beasts, and pastured with them. This deformity, then, was so dreadful, that his... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:36

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:30

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:33

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:35

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:36

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