Daniel 4:27
(4:24) Therefore, O king, let my counsel be agreeable unto thee, and atone for thy sins by righteousness, and for thy iniquities by showing kindness to the poor: perhaps thy prosperity may [thereby] endure long.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
28(4:25) All this came over king Nebuchadnezzar.
Cross References
Genesis 41:33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their oppressors should mistake the truth, lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not wrought all this.
Job 34:31For truly it is only fitting to say unto God, “I bear [cheerfully], I will not do any wrong;
Psalms 119:46And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Proverbs 16:6Through kindness and truth is iniquity atoned for; and by the fear of the Lord [men] depart from evil.
Isaiah 10:13For he hath said, “By the strength of my hand have I done it, and by my wisdom, for I have intelligence; and I have removed the boundaries of nations, and their laid-up treasures have I plundered, and brought down low those that were powerfully seated.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 4:20-28
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Interpreted. ( b. c. 570.) 19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, 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. 20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;… Read the whole commentary →