Daniel 4:27

◄Your Majesty/O King►, please do what I am telling you to do. Stop sinning, and do what is right. Turn away from your evil behavior. Act mercifully to poor people. If you do that, perhaps you will continue to be sucessful.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.

In Context

26But the stump of the tree and its roots were left in the ground. That means that you will rule your kingdom again when you learn that it is God [MTY] who is really the ruler.

28But the king refused to stop sinning. So what was predicted in the dream is what happened to him.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:33“Now I suggest that you should choose a man who is wise and can make good decisions. I suggest that you appoint him to direct the affairs of the whole country.

Deuteronomy 32:27But if I did that, their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had gotten rid of my people; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’

Job 34:31“Job, have you or anyone else ever said to God, ‘I have been punished for my sins, and I will not sin any more;

Psalms 119:46I will tell to kings ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►; and because I did not abandon you, those kings will not cause me to be ashamed.

Proverbs 16:6Be loyal to Yahweh and faithfully obey him; if you do that, he will forgive you for having sinned. If we revere him, nothing evil will happen to us (OR, he will prevent evil things from happening to us).

Isaiah 10:13He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers at the borders of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.

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 →

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