Daniel 4:28-31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 4:28-33

We have here Nebuchadnezzar's dream accomplished, and Daniel's application of it to him justified and confirmed. How he took it we are not told, whether he was pleased with Daniel or displeased; but here we have, I. God's patience with him: All this came upon him, but not till twelve months after (Dan. 4:29), so long there was a lengthening of his tranquility, though it does not appear that he broke off his sins, or showed any mercy to the poor captives, for this was still God's quarrel with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 4:28

All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. All that was signified in the dream, his madness, the removal of him from the administration of government, and the brutal life he lived for seven years; for this was not a mere parable or fiction, as some have thought, framed to describe the state and punishment of a proud man, but was a real fact; though it is not made mention of by any historians, excepting what has been observed before out of Abydenus F14 Apud Eubseb. Praepar. Evangel. l.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 4:29

At the end of twelve months ,.... After the dream, and the interpretation of it; which, according to Bishop Usher F19 Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3435. , Dean Prideaux F20 Connexion, &c.; part. 1. p. 105. , and Mr. Whiston F21 Chronological Tables, cent. 10. , was in the year of the world 3435 A.M., and before Christ 569, and in the thirty sixth year of his reign: one whole year, a space of time, either which God gave him to repent in, or which he obtained by attending for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 4:30

The king spake and said ,.... Either within himself, or to his nobles about him; or perhaps to foreigners he had took up with him hither to show the grandeur of the city: is not this great Babylon, that I have built ; he might well call it great, for, according to Aristotle F3 Politic. l. 3. c. 3. , it was more like a country than a city; it was, as Pliny F4 Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 26. says, sixty miles in compass within the walls; and Herodotus F5 Clio, sive l. 1. c. 178. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 4:31

While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven ,.... Before the king had done speaking in the above boasting manner, an articulate voice from heaven was heard by him, and all about him, formed by the angels, and much like what the Jews call Bath Kol; see Acts 12:21 , so Abydenus F7 Apud Euseb. ut supra. (Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 41. p. 457.) , in the account he gives of Nebuchadnezzar's oration to the people, relates, that when the king had spoke it, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:30

Is not this great Babylon - Here his heart was inflated with pride; he attributed every thing to himself, and acknowledged God in nothing. The walls, hanging gardens, temple of Bel, and the royal palace, all built by Nebuchadnezzar, made it the greatest city in the world. read more

Adam Clarke

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:28

Verse 28 After Nebuchadnezzar has related Daniel to be a herald of God’s approaching judgment, he now shews how God executed the judgment which the Prophet had announced. But he speaks in the third person, according to what we know to be a common practice with both the Hebrews and Chaldees. Thus Daniel does not relate the exact words of the king, but only their substance. Hence he first introduces the king as the speaker, and then he speaks himself in his own person. There is no reason why this... 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

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