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href="/bsb/daniel/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/daniel/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/daniel/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am pleased to declare the signs and miracles that the Most High God has done for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />It hath seemed good unto me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am glad to tell about the wonderful miracles God Most High has done for me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />It hath seemed good unto me to shew the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I am pleased to write to you about the miraculous signs and amazing things the Most High God did for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Listen to my account of the wonders and miracles which the Supreme God has shown me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />It gives me great pleasure to tell about the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought towards me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The signs and wonders that God Most High has done with me, it is good before me to show.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The signs and wonders that the most high God made with me, it was pleasant before me to show.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The most high God hath wrought signs and wonders toward me. It hath seemed good to me therefore to publish <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 3:99>The supreme God has accomplished signs and wonders with me. Therefore, it has pleased me to proclaim<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I had a terrifying dream as I lay in bed, and the images and my visions frightened me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me I am pleased to recount.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I thought it good to publish the signs and wonders that the High God has wrought toward me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Signs and wonders that God Most High did, it is pleasing before me to show<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/4-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=1200" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/4.htm">Nebuchadnezzar Confesses God's Kingdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8232.htm" title="8232: šə·p̄ar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be fair or seemly. (Aramaic) corresponding to shaphar; to be beautiful.">I am pleased</a> <a href="/hebrew/6925.htm" title="6925: qā·ḏā·may (Prep:: 1cs) -- Before. (Aramaic) or qdam (Aramaic) (Daniel 7:13); corresponding to qedem; before."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2324.htm" title="2324: lə·ha·ḥă·wā·yāh (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To show. (Aramaic) corresponding to chavah; to show.">to declare</a> <a href="/hebrew/852.htm" title="852: ’ā·ṯay·yā (N-mpd) -- A sign. (Aramaic) corresponding to 'owth; a portent.">the signs</a> <a href="/hebrew/8540.htm" title="8540: wə·ṯim·hay·yā (Conj-w:: N-mpd) -- A wonder. (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to tamahh; a miracle.">and wonders</a> <a href="/hebrew/1768.htm" title="1768: dî (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that, because. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5943.htm" title="5943: ʿil·lå̄·yå̄ (Adj-msd) -- Highest, a name of God. (Aramaic) corresponding to illiy; supreme (i.e. God).">the Most High</a> <a href="/hebrew/426.htm" title="426: ’ĕ·lā·hā (N-msd) -- God, god. (Aramaic) corresponding to 'elowahh; God.">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5648.htm" title="5648: ‘ă·ḇaḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To make, do. (Aramaic) corresponding to abad; to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.">has performed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5974.htm" title="5974: ‘im·mî (Prep:: 1cs) -- With. (Aramaic) corresponding to im.">for me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-16.htm">Psalm 66:16</a></span><br />Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-1.htm">Psalm 105:1-2</a></span><br />Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. / Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/145-4.htm">Psalm 145:4-6</a></span><br />One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts— / the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works. / They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/12-4.htm">Isaiah 12:4-5</a></span><br />and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted. / Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-1.htm">Isaiah 25:1</a></span><br />O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-9.htm">Isaiah 46:9-10</a></span><br />Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. / I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-8.htm">1 Chronicles 16:8-9</a></span><br />“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. / Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-24.htm">1 Chronicles 16:24</a></span><br />Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-21.htm">Deuteronomy 10:21</a></span><br />He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-11.htm">Acts 2:11</a></span><br />both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-20.htm">Acts 4:20</a></span><br />For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-36.htm">Acts 10:36</a></span><br />He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-27.htm">Acts 14:27</a></span><br />When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/22-15.htm">Acts 22:15</a></span><br />You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-18.htm">Romans 15:18-19</a></span><br />I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, / by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God has worked toward me.</p><p class="hdg">I thought it good.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-19.htm">Joshua 7:19</a></b></br> And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide <i>it</i> not from me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/51-14.htm">Psalm 51:14</a></b></br> Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: <i>and</i> my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/71-18.htm">Psalm 71:18</a></b></br> Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto <i>this</i> generation, <i>and</i> thy power to every one <i>that</i> is to come.</p><p class="hdg">that.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/3-26.htm">Daniel 3:26</a></b></br> Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, <i>and</i> spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come <i>hither</i>. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/66-16.htm">Psalm 66:16</a></b></br> Come <i>and</i> hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/22-3.htm">Acts 22:3-16</a></b></br> I am verily a man <i>which am</i> a Jew, born in Tarsus, <i>a city</i> in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, <i>and</i> taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/2-47.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/daniel/2-27.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/daniel/2-32.htm">Good</a> <a href="/daniel/3-26.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-20.htm">Miraculous</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-27.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/daniel/1-15.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/daniel/2-27.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/daniel/2-27.htm">Show</a> <a href="/daniel/2-27.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/daniel/1-4.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-28.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-21.htm">Wonders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-20.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-20.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/4-6.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/daniel/4-18.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/daniel/6-1.htm">Good</a> <a href="/daniel/4-17.htm">High</a> <a href="/matthew/12-38.htm">Miraculous</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/daniel/6-1.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/daniel/5-7.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/daniel/5-7.htm">Show</a> <a href="/daniel/4-3.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/daniel/6-3.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/daniel/6-10.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/daniel/4-3.htm">Wonders</a> <a href="/hosea/12-12.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/daniel/8-12.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/4-1.htm">Nebuchadnezzar confesses God's kingdom,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/4-4.htm">makes relation of his dreams, which the magicians could not interpret.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/4-8.htm">Daniel hears the dream.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/4-19.htm">He interprets it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/4-28.htm">The dream fulfilled.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/daniel/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/daniel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/daniel/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I am pleased to declare</b><br>This phrase indicates a personal testimony from King Nebuchadnezzar, showing a shift from his previous prideful stance to one of humility and acknowledgment of God's power. In the ancient Near Eastern context, kings often issued decrees to proclaim their achievements or the achievements of their gods. Here, Nebuchadnezzar's declaration is unique as it centers on the God of Israel, rather than the Babylonian deities. This reflects a significant transformation in his understanding and acceptance of the Most High God.<p><b>the signs and wonders</b><br>The terms "signs" and "wonders" are often used in the Bible to describe miraculous events that demonstrate God's power and authority. In the Old Testament, these terms frequently refer to the miracles performed during the Exodus (<a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Exodus 7:3</a>, <a href="/deuteronomy/6-22.htm">Deuteronomy 6:22</a>). In Daniel, these signs and wonders include the miraculous events surrounding Daniel and his friends, such as the interpretation of dreams and the deliverance from the fiery furnace. These acts serve as evidence of God's sovereignty over earthly kingdoms and His ability to intervene in human affairs.<p><b>that the Most High God</b><br>The title "Most High God" emphasizes God's supreme authority over all other gods and rulers. This title is used throughout the Old Testament to denote God's ultimate power and sovereignty (<a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Genesis 14:18-20</a>, <a href="/psalms/7-17.htm">Psalm 7:17</a>). In the context of Daniel, it highlights the contrast between the God of Israel and the gods of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar's use of this title signifies his recognition of God's unparalleled authority, a significant admission from a king who once saw himself as the supreme ruler.<p><b>has performed for me.</b><br>This personal acknowledgment by Nebuchadnezzar underscores the direct impact of God's actions on his life. The king's experiences, including his humbling period of madness and subsequent restoration, are seen as divine interventions meant to reveal God's power and mercy. This personal testimony aligns with the biblical theme of God using individuals' lives to demonstrate His glory and purpose (<a href="/psalms/66-16.htm">Psalm 66:16</a>, <a href="/acts/22-15.htm">Acts 22:15</a>). It also foreshadows the New Testament concept of personal testimony in witnessing to God's work in one's life (<a href="/john/9-25.htm">John 9:25</a>, <a href="/acts/4-20.htm">Acts 4:20</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/nebuchadnezzar.htm">Nebuchadnezzar</a></b><br>The king of Babylon who experienced a humbling encounter with God, leading to his acknowledgment of God's sovereignty.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel</a></b><br>A Jewish exile in Babylon who served in the king's court and interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dreams, demonstrating God's wisdom and power.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, known for its grandeur and as a place of exile for the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_most_high_god.htm">The Most High God</a></b><br>A title for God emphasizing His supreme authority over all earthly rulers and kingdoms.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/signs_and_wonders.htm">Signs and Wonders</a></b><br>Miraculous events orchestrated by God to reveal His power and authority, often leading to a deeper understanding or transformation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledging_god's_sovereignty.htm">Acknowledging God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God is the ultimate authority over all creation, and His power is unmatched.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/testifying_to_god's_works.htm">Testifying to God's Works</a></b><br>Like Nebuchadnezzar, we should be eager to share the ways God has worked in our lives, giving Him glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Nebuchadnezzar's experience teaches us the importance of humility and the dangers of pride.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_purpose_of_miracles.htm">The Purpose of Miracles</a></b><br>Understand that signs and wonders are meant to point us to God and deepen our faith, not just to amaze us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_encounter.htm">Transformation Through Encounter</a></b><br>Personal encounters with God can lead to profound changes in our beliefs and actions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_daniel_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Daniel 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_2_corinthians_4_claims_clash_with_ot_signs.htm">Throughout 2 Corinthians 4, aren't these grand spiritual claims inconsistent with more concrete Old Testament narratives that focus on tangible signs and wonders?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'god_most_high'_signify.htm">What does "God Most High" signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_for_biblical_miracles.htm">Hebrews 2:4 mentions 'signs, wonders, and miracles'--why is there no verifiable historical or archaeological evidence for these supernatural events?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_false_prophets_perform_miracles.htm">How can signs and wonders performed by false prophets (Deuteronomy 13:1-2) align with the belief that only God can grant miracles?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Signs and wonders.--</span>Comp. <a href="/isaiah/8-18.htm" title="Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwells in mount Zion.">Isaiah 8:18</a>. The appearance of various scriptural phrases in this letter leads us to believe that Daniel must have written it at the king's request.<p><span class= "bld">The high God.--</span>Referring to his language (<a href="/daniel/3-26.htm" title="Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spoke, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the most high God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the middle of the fire.">Daniel 3:26</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 2, 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.</span> The Greek versions for these two verses are in absolute agreement, hence one is not surprised to find that in the Syriac of Paulus Tellensis, these verses, with that preceding, are marked with an asterisk, which proclaims them not to have been regarded by their translator as a genuine part of the Septuagint, but to have been added from Theodotion. They are in close agreement with the Massoretic text. In these two verses the Peshitta is also at one with the Massoretic text. It is possible that this may have been the actual beginning of the document; on the other hand, it may have been simply the suggestion of some later scribe of how such a proclamation might have begun. The latter is, perhaps, the more probable. At the same time, it vindicates its position by being a not unnatural expression of feelings such as Nebuchadnezzar might well be supposed to have had after such an experience as he had passed through. It may even be that the signs and wonders to which Nebuchadnezzar refers are not merely those of his dream and its fulfilment, but all the signs that had been manifested in his reign. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/4-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I am pleased</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁפַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(šə·p̄ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8232.htm">Strong's 8232: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be fair or seemly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to declare</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ha·ḥă·wā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2324.htm">Strong's 2324: </a> </span><span class="str2">To show</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the signs</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽתַיָּא֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ṯay·yā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_852.htm">Strong's 852: </a> </span><span class="str2">A portent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wonders</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯim·hay·yā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8540.htm">Strong's 8540: </a> </span><span class="str2">A miracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1768.htm">Strong's 1768: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, that, because</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Most High</span><br /><span class="heb">עִלָּאָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘il·lā·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5943.htm">Strong's 5943: </a> </span><span class="str2">highest', a name of God</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלָהָ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lā·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_426.htm">Strong's 426: </a> </span><span class="str2">God</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has performed</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲבַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ḇaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5648.htm">Strong's 5648: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make, prepare, keep</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for me:</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5974.htm">Strong's 5974: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/4-2.htm">Daniel 4:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/4-2.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 4:2 It has seemed good to me (Dan. 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