Daniel 4:3-6
Context4:3 “How great are his signs!
How mighty are his wonders!
His kingdom will last forever, 1
and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”
4:4 (4:1) 2 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was relaxing in my home, 3 living luxuriously 4 in my palace. 4:5 I saw a dream that 5 frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed – these visions of my mind – were terrifying me. 4:6 So I issued an order 6 for all the wise men of Babylon to be brought 7 before me so that they could make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
Daniel 4:31-32
Context4:31 While these words were still on the king’s lips, 8 a voice came down from heaven: “It is hereby announced to you, 9 King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you! 4:32 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before 10 you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.”
1 tn Aram “his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”
2 sn This verse marks the beginning of chap. 4 in the Aramaic text of Daniel (see the note on 4:1). The Greek OT (LXX) has the following addition: “In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign he said.” This date would suggest a link to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586
3 tn Aram “my house.”
4 tn Aram “happy.”
5 tn Aram “and it.”
6 tn Aram “from me there was placed a decree.”
7 tn The Aramaic infinitive here is active.
8 tn Aram “in the mouth of the king.”
9 tn Aram “to you they say.”
10 tn Aram “until.”