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Then Daniel praised the God of heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/daniel/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mystery was then revealed to Daniel in a vision at night, and Daniel praised the God of the heavens<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mystery was then revealed to Daniel in a vision at night, and Daniel praised the God of heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In a vision one night, Daniel was shown the dream and its meaning. Then he praised the God who rules from heaven: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision during the night. So Daniel praised the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then that same night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he praised the God of heaven: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision later that night, Daniel blessed the God of heaven <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret has been revealed. Then Daniel has blessed the God of the heavens.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret hath been revealed. Then hath Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Then to Daniel in a vision of the night was the secret uncovered. Then Daniel praised to the God of the heavens.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then was the mystery revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then the secret was revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night. And Daniel blessed the God of heaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then was the mystery, revealed to Daniel in a night vision. And Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel blessed The God of Heaven<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night; and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/2-19.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=417" 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/2.htm">The Dream Revealed to Daniel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/116.htm" title="116: ’ĕ·ḏa·yin (Adv) -- Then, thereupon. (Aramaic) of uncertain derivation; then (of time).">During</a> <a href="/hebrew/1768.htm" title="1768: ḏî- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that, because. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3916.htm" title="3916: lê·lə·yā (N-msd) -- Night. (Aramaic) corresponding to La'el.">the night,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7328.htm" title="7328: rā·zāh (N-msd) -- A secret. (Aramaic) from an unused root probably meaning to attenuate, i.e. (figuratively) hide; a mystery.">the mystery</a> <a href="/hebrew/1541.htm" title="1541: ḡă·lî (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To reveal. (Aramaic) or glat (Aramaic); corresponding to galah.">was revealed</a> <a href="/hebrew/116.htm" title="116: ’ĕ·ḏa·yin (Adv) -- Then, thereupon. (Aramaic) of uncertain derivation; then (of time)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1841.htm" title="1841: lə·ḏā·nî·yêl (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- God is my judge, an Isr. leader in Bab. (Aramaic) corresponding to Daniye'l; Danijel, the Heb. Prophet.">to Daniel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2376.htm" title="2376: bə·ḥez·wā (Prep-b:: N-msd) -- Vision, appearance. (Aramaic) from chaza'; a sight.">in a vision,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1841.htm" title="1841: dā·nî·yêl (N-proper-ms) -- God is my judge, an Isr. leader in Bab. (Aramaic) corresponding to Daniye'l; Danijel, the Heb. Prophet.">and he</a> <a href="/hebrew/1289.htm" title="1289: bā·riḵ (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To kneel, bless. (Aramaic) corresponding to barak.">blessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/426.htm" title="426: le·’ĕ·lāh (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- God, god. (Aramaic) corresponding to 'elowahh; God.">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/8065.htm" title="8065: šə·may·yā (N-mdd) -- Heavens. (Aramaic) corresponding to shamayim.">of heaven</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.…<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="/genesis/41-16.htm">Genesis 41:16</a></span><br />“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-24.htm">Acts 4:24-31</a></span><br />When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them. / You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-17.htm">Acts 2:17-18</a></span><br />‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. / Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-10.htm">1 Corinthians 2:10</a></span><br />But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-15.htm">Job 33:15-16</a></span><br />In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds, / He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a></span><br />At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Amos 3:7</a></span><br />Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/14-26.htm">1 Corinthians 14:26</a></span><br />What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-6.htm">Numbers 12:6</a></span><br />He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-17.htm">Ephesians 1:17-18</a></span><br />that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. / I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28</a></span><br />And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-9.htm">Acts 10:9-16</a></span><br />The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. / He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. / He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-5.htm">1 Kings 3:5</a></span><br />One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-1.htm">Revelation 1:1</a></span><br />This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-14.htm">Psalm 25:14</a></span><br />The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.</p><p class="hdg">was.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/2-22.htm">Daniel 2:22,27-29</a></b></br> He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what <i>is</i> in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/4-9.htm">Daniel 4:9</a></b></br> O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods <i>is</i> in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm">2 Kings 6:8-12</a></b></br> Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place <i>shall be</i> my camp… </p><p class="hdg">in.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/7-7.htm">Daniel 7:7</a></b></br> After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it <i>was</i> diverse from all the beasts that <i>were</i> before it; and it had ten horns.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/12-6.htm">Numbers 12:6</a></b></br> And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, <i>I</i> the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, <i>and</i> will speak unto him in a dream.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/4-13.htm">Job 4:13</a></b></br> In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/3-12.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-30.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/daniel/2-16.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/daniel/2-18.htm">Daniel</a> <a href="/daniel/2-18.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/daniel/2-18.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/daniel/2-18.htm">Mystery</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Night</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-12.htm">Praised</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/daniel/2-18.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/daniel/1-17.htm">Vision</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/2-20.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/daniel/12-12.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/daniel/2-23.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/daniel/2-20.htm">Daniel</a> <a href="/daniel/2-28.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/daniel/2-37.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/daniel/2-27.htm">Mystery</a> <a href="/daniel/5-30.htm">Night</a> <a href="/daniel/2-20.htm">Praised</a> <a href="/daniel/2-30.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/daniel/2-22.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/daniel/4-10.htm">Vision</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threats.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-10.htm">They acknowledging their inability are judged to die.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-14.htm">Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-19.htm">He blesses God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-24.htm">He staying the decree is brought to the king.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-31.htm">The dream.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-36.htm">The interpretation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Daniel's advancement.</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'; 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Biblically, night can symbolize a time of divine encounter, as seen with Jacob's dream (<a href="/genesis/28-11.htm">Genesis 28:11-12</a>) and Samuel's calling (<a href="/1_samuel/3-3.htm">1 Samuel 3:3-4</a>). It underscores the idea that God’s revelations can come unexpectedly and in times of darkness or uncertainty.<p><b>the mystery was revealed to Daniel</b><br>The "mystery" refers to King Nebuchadnezzar's dream and its interpretation, which none of the Babylonian wise men could discern. This highlights the limitations of human wisdom and the sovereignty of God in revealing divine truths. The term "mystery" is significant in biblical literature, often denoting truths hidden in God’s plan, later revealed through His prophets (<a href="/ephesians/3-3.htm">Ephesians 3:3-5</a>). Daniel's ability to understand the mystery emphasizes his role as a prophet and a type of Christ, who reveals the mysteries of God (<a href="/colossians/2-2.htm">Colossians 2:2-3</a>).<p><b>in a vision</b><br>Visions are a common means of divine communication in the Bible, used to convey God's messages to His prophets. Daniel's vision is part of a broader biblical tradition where God imparts wisdom and future events through dreams and visions, as seen with Joseph (<a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5-10</a>) and John in Revelation. This method underscores the supernatural nature of the revelation and Daniel's unique prophetic gift.<p><b>and he blessed the God of heaven</b><br>Daniel's immediate response to the revelation is worship, acknowledging God as the source of wisdom and power. The title "God of heaven" reflects a common biblical expression emphasizing God's sovereignty and authority over all creation, contrasting with the earthly gods of Babylon. This act of blessing God highlights the appropriate response to divine revelation and aligns with the biblical theme of giving glory to God for His works (<a href="/psalms/115.htm">Psalm 115:1</a>). Daniel's praise prefigures the worship of Christ, who is the ultimate revelation of God (<a href="/hebrews/1.htm">Hebrews 1:1-3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel</a></b><br>A young Hebrew man of noble lineage, taken into Babylonian captivity. Known for his wisdom, faithfulness, and ability to interpret dreams and visions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god_of_heaven.htm">God of Heaven</a></b><br>The sovereign God whom Daniel worships, distinct from the pagan gods of Babylon. He is the source of wisdom and revelation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nebuchadnezzar's_dream.htm">Nebuchadnezzar's Dream</a></b><br>The Babylonian king had a troubling dream that none of his wise men could interpret, leading to a decree to execute them, including Daniel and his friends.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/v/vision.htm">Vision</a></b><br>A divine revelation given to Daniel during the night, providing the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire where Daniel and his friends were exiled, known for its grandeur and idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_for_wisdom.htm">Dependence on God for Wisdom</a></b><br>Daniel's experience teaches us to seek God's wisdom in times of uncertainty and crisis. Just as Daniel prayed and received revelation, we too should turn to God for guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Daniel's response to the king's decree was to pray with his friends. This highlights the importance of communal prayer and seeking God's intervention together.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The revelation of the mystery underscores God's control over human history and His ability to reveal His plans to His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_exile.htm">Faithfulness in Exile</a></b><br>Despite being in a foreign land, Daniel remained faithful to God. This encourages believers to maintain their faith and integrity regardless of their circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/blessing_god_for_his_revelation.htm">Blessing God for His Revelation</a></b><br>After receiving the vision, Daniel's immediate response was to bless God. This teaches us to respond with gratitude and worship when God answers our prayers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_daniel_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Daniel 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_faith_shape_daniel's_life.htm">How did Daniel's faith influence his life's challenges?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_dreams.htm">What does the Bible say about interpreting dreams?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_the_dream-like_search_literal.htm">In Song of Solomon 3:1–3, how can we reconcile the apparent dream-like search for the beloved with a literal historical setting? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_study_of_angels_called.htm">What is the study of angels called?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Night vision.--</span>Not in a dream, but literally in a vision; but that Daniel saw a repetition of the king's dream cannot be inferred from the words. We know from <a href="/numbers/12-6.htm" title="And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream.">Numbers 12:6</a> that God was pleased to reveal the truth both by dreams and by visions.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven</span>. The Septuagint adds that the secret was revealed "that very night (<span class="greek">ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ νυκτι</span>)." This may be held to be implied in the Aramaic, but it is here explicitly stated. Further, the Septuagint speaks of the secret as "the, mystery of the king." At the end of the clause the LXX. adds the word <span class="greek">εὐσήμως</span>, "evidently." All these alterations imply additions to the text made by the translator. Theodotion, the Peshitta, and Jerome agree with the Massoretic text There has been considerable discussion as to whether this revelation was made to Daniel by a dream. Hitzig assumes that the night-vision to Daniel was a repetition of that which had appeared to Nebuchadnezzar, and then pro-coeds to brand this as a psychological impossibility. Keil, Kliefoth, Kraniehfeld, and Zockler all declare against the identification of a night-vision with a dream. Keil and Kliefoth say in the same words, "A vision of the night is simply a vision which any one receives during the night whilst he is awake." And Kranichfeld says, "Of a dream of Daniel, in our present case there is not one word." Zockler says, "Not a dream-vision, but an appearance (<span class="accented">Gesicht</span>) vision, which appeared during the night." They maintain that, though all "<span class="accented">dreams"</span> may be called "<span class="accented">night-visions</span>," all "night-visions" are not "<span class="accented">dreams."</span> It would be difficult to prove that this is the usage of <span class="accented">Scripture.</span> It is quite true that the distinction between a dream and a vision is that in the former the subject is asleep, while in the latter he is awake. It may, however, be doubted whether this distinction is always maintained by the Hebrew and Aramaic writers, even in regard to "visions" and "dreams" generally; and it seems to us impossible to prove it in regard to "visions of the night" and "dreams." In ver. 28 of the chapter before us, there seems no doubt that Daniel uses these words as equivalent to each other; "Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these." While we agree with Hitzig that the revelation was to Daniel in a dream, we do not admit the <span class="accented">psychological</span> impossibility, save only in the pedantic sense in which it is said that no two people, however close they may stand to each other, see the same rainbow Dreams are very generally the product of what the subject has experienced during his waking hours. Surely Hitzig never meant to assert that it was a psychological impossibility for two individuals to witness the same event. Certainly the improbability is very great that the sight of the same physical event should meet the eyes of two people in similar states of body, and produce on them precisely the some sort and degree of impression. That, however, is akin to the Hegelian pedantic statement, which asserts that we cannot go twice down the same street. Though it might even be admitted to be an impossibility in the only sense in which it can at all be admitted, yet still it is not self-contradictory. The self-contradictory is the only impossibility we can assert in the presence of the miraculous. Hitzig's objection to this is really that it was a miracle, and all the parade of giving the statement a new face by calling it, not a miracle, but a psychological impossibility, is only throwing dust in the eyes of others, perhaps of himself. Ewald does not see any psychological impossibility, and declares that the author meant to represent this at all events. Up, then, before the mind of Daniel rose the gigantic statue of the monarch's vision, and with the vision came also the divinely given certainty that this was what the king had seen. He needs, however, more than the vision: the interpretation of the vision is vouchsafed to him also. <span class="accented">Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.</span> The LXX. rendering here joins the first clause of ver. 20 to this, "Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven, and having cried aloud, said." Theodotion, the Peshitta, and Jerome agree with the Massoretic text. As we have said above, Daniel returned thanks to God for his great goodness to him and his friends. Our blessing God does not increase Divine felicity, but it expresses our sense of this felicity, and we recognize it all the more readily when, as in the case of these Jews, it is exhibited in making us partakers of it. Hence blessing God and giving God thanks become in such cases one and the mine thing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/2-19.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">During</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱדַ֗יִן</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·ḏa·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_116.htm">Strong's 116: </a> </span><span class="str2">Then, thereupon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the night,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵילְיָ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(lê·lə·yā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3916.htm">Strong's 3916: </a> </span><span class="str2">Night</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mystery</span><br /><span class="heb">רָזָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(rā·zāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7328.htm">Strong's 7328: </a> </span><span class="str2">To attenuate, hide, a mystery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was revealed</span><br /><span class="heb">גֲלִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(ḡă·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1541.htm">Strong's 1541: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Daniel</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדָנִיֵּ֛אל</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏā·nî·yêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1841.htm">Strong's 1841: </a> </span><span class="str2">Daniel -- 'God is my judge', an Israelite leader in Babylon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a vision,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחֶזְוָ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥez·wā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2376.htm">Strong's 2376: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vision, appearance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and [he]</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל</span> <span class="translit">(dā·nî·yêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1841.htm">Strong's 1841: </a> </span><span class="str2">Daniel -- 'God is my judge', an Israelite leader in Babylon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blessed</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּרִ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·riḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1289.htm">Strong's 1289: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶאֱלָ֥הּ</span> <span class="translit">(le·’ĕ·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<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">of heaven</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמַיָּֽא׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·may·yā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - mdd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8065.htm">Strong's 8065: </a> </span><span class="str2">The sky</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/2-19.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 2:19 Then was the secret revealed to Daniel (Dan. 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