Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:27 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:1-13

We meet with a great difficulty in the date of this story; it is said to be in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 2:1. Now Daniel was carried to Babylon in his first year, and, it should seem, he was three years under tutors and governors before he was presented to the king, Dan. 1:5. How then could this happen in the second year? Perhaps, though three years were appointed for the education of other children, yet Daniel was so forward that he was taken into business when he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:9

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream ,.... For the present he does not insist upon the interpretation, only the dream itself, at least this is now only mentioned; concluding that if they could do the one, they could do the other, as is after observed: there is but one decree for you ; for them all; and that was the decree of death; which should never be revoked or mitigated, or the sentence be changed for another; but should certainly be executed, and in which they were all... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:9

Verse 9 He adds again, Ye have prepared a fallacious and corrupt speech to relate here before me, as your excuse. Again, the king charges them with fraud and malice, of which they were not guilty; as if he had said, they purposely sought specious pretenses for practicing deceit. But he says, a lying speech, or fallacious and corrupt; that is, yours is a stale excuse, as we commonly say, and I loathe it. If there were any colorable pretext I might admit what. ye say, but I see in your words... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:1-13

The revelation lost. "My spirit was troubled to know the dream" ( Daniel 2:3 ). Since the word "and," at the beginning of this chapter, links it with Daniel 1:21 , i.e. Daniel's public life with Daniel's preparation, it may be well here to notice what his preparation had been. 1 . At home, and the associations of Jerusalem. 2 . Knowledge of previous revelations (see Daniel 9:2 ). 3 . Moral victory at a crisis of history. 4 . Experience of life at one of its great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:1-13

The failure and discomfiture of falsehood. As every drop of water on the surface of the hills has a tendency to flow towards the ocean, as every step of the racer moves towards the goal, so every event in every kingdom points toward the establishment of Messiah's empire. The exile of the Jews, though apparently a retrograde movement in the spiritual machinery; the special education of Daniel and his companions; the heathen monarch's dream; the discomfiture of the magicians;—all these, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:1-49

EXPOSITION DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:2-18

Character revealed by trial. Critical moments are tests of character, In this incident the leading features of three distinct classes of character are clearly revealed. I. THE CONDUCT OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR REVEALS THE EVIL CHARACTER or TYRANNY . 1 . It is selfish. Though the charge of a vast empire is entrusted to him, the king exercises, is irresponsible power of life and death simply for his own convenience. 2 . It is unreasonable. Nebuchadnezzar not only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:9

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you. The words translated ( di hēn ) "but it'" liar, caused some difference, most translating as if the first word were not present. This is the rendering of the Septuagint. Theodotion and Jerome render the first word, which is really the relative, as "therefore," ergo , "then," οὖν . The Peshitta has den , the corresponding Syriac phrase, which has a similar sense to that assumed here. The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:9

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you - That is, you shall share the same fate. You shall all be cut to pieces, and your houses reduced to ruin, Daniel 2:5. There shall be no favor shown to any class of you, or to any individual among you. It seems to have been supposed that the responsibility rested on them individually as well as collectively, and that it would be right to hold each and every one of them bound to explain the matter. As no difference... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 2:9

Daniel 2:9. If ye will not make known the dream, &c., there is but one decree for you No alteration will be made as to my declaration; and you have nothing to expect but the execution of the sentence which I have passed upon you. For ye have prepared lying and corrupt words The king’s meaning seems to be, that he found by their behaviour, they were ready, in case he told his dream, to invent and give some kind of plausible interpretation of it; or such a one as might, in some way or... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:1-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:1-49

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:2-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 2:9

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