Bible Commentary

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, [there is but] one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof. 9. That, if … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:9”

The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. 8. of certainty ] We should say now, ‘of a certainty.’ Murray quotes from North’s Plutarch (1580), ‘It is of certainty that her proper name was Nicostrata.’ would gain time (R.V.)] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:8”

They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it. 7. again ] the second time (R.V.). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 7 12. The wise men profess their willingness to interpret the king’s dream: but protest that his demand that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:7”

But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 6. shew (twice)] declare. So Dan 2:7 ; Dan 2:9-11 ; Dan 2:16 ; Dan 2:24 ; Dan 2:27 ; Dan 4:2 ; Dan 5:7 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:6”

The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 5. The thing is gone from me ] The word spoken by me … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:5”

Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriac, O king, live forever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. 4. in Syriack ] in Aramaic, i.e. the language of the Aramaeans, an important branch of the Semitic stock, inhabiting chiefly Mesopotamia, Syria, and part of Arabia. There were numerous ‘Aramaic’ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:4”

And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream – That is, clearly, to know all about it; to recollect distinctly what it was, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:3”

Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 2. the magicians, and the enchanters ] See on Dan 1:20. As in Egypt (Gen 41:8), the ‘magicians’ and ‘wise men’ ( Dan … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:2”

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep broke from him. 1. in the second year ] There is not, perhaps, necessarily a contradiction here with the ‘three years’ of Dan 1:5; Dan 1:18. By Heb. usage, fractions of time were reckoned … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:1”

And Daniel continued [even] unto the first year of king Cyrus. 21. A remark on the long continuance of Daniel with the reputation, it is understood, implied in Dan 1:20 in Babylon. The first year of Cyrus (b.c. 538) would be nearly 70 years after the date of Daniel’s captivity ( Dan 1:1), so that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 1:21”