Bible Commentary

The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; 20 21. The description repeated from Dan 4:11-12. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The tree that thou sawest … – In these two verses Daniel refers to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:20”

Then Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, was astonished for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream [be] to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. 19. was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:19”

This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise [men] of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou [art] able; for the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee. 18. Nebuchadnezzar closes his description of his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:18”

This matter [is] by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. 17. This … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:17”

Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. 16. his heart ] i.e. his intelligence: let him receive the understanding of a beast (imagine himself an animal). The heart, in Hebrew psychology, is the seat not (as commonly with us) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:16”

Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and [let] his portion [be] with the beasts in the grass of the earth: 15. The destruction of the tree, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:15”

He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: 14. The strength and magnificence of the great tree are all to be stripped from it. aloud ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:14”

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven; 13. a watcher ] i.e. not a guardian, but a wakeful one (Aq., Symm., , Vulg. vigil); so Dan 4:17 ; Dan 4:23. The term denotes an angel, or, possibly, a particular … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:13”

The leaves thereof [were] fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it [was] meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. 12. meat ] in the old sense of the word (see … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:12”

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: 11. grew ] was grown. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 11, 12. The thoughts expressed by the symbolism of the dream are the central and commanding position taken … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 4:11”