Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and your sins by righteousness break off, and your perversity by pitying the poor, behold, it is a lengthening of your ease.”
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In Context
28All—has come on Nebuchadnezzar the king.
Cross References
Genesis 41:33And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;
Deuteronomy 32:27If I do not fear the anger of an enemy, || Lest their adversaries know—Lest they say, Our hand is high, || And YHWH has not worked all this.
Job 34:31For has any said to God: I have taken away, || I do not do corruptly,
Psalms 119:46And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, || And I am not ashamed.
Proverbs 16:6Iniquity is pardoned in kindness and truth, || And in the fear of YHWH || Turn aside from evil.
Isaiah 10:13For he has said, “I have worked by the power of my hand, || And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, || And I remove borders of the peoples, || And I have spoiled their chief ones, || And I put down the inhabitants as a mighty one,
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 →