Daniel 4:27
'Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
28'All — hath come on Nebuchadnezzar the king.
Cross References
Genesis 41:33'And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;
Deuteronomy 32:27If not — the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know — Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
Job 34:31For unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not corruptly,
Psalms 119:46And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
Proverbs 16:6In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.
Isaiah 10:13For he hath said, 'By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,
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 →