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The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
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Anxiety Knows No Rank
Commentators note that King Nebuchadnezzar's troubled spirit reveals a universal truth: worldly power does not grant immunity from deep anxiety. His distress, which robbed him of sleep, shows that even the most powerful rulers are vulnerable and subject to concerns that their status cannot resolve, pointing to the need for a divine solution.
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Daniel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream—That is, clearly, to know all about…
19th Century
Anglican
I have dreamed.— It has been questioned whether the king had really forgotten his dream, or whether he only pretended to have done…
16th Century
Protestant
Daniel first relates the great confidence of the Chaldeans, since they dared to promise the interpretation of a dream still unknown to them. Th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream What before is called dreams is here expressed in the singular, a dream…
The greatest individuals are most susceptible to mental cares and troubles, which disturb their rest at night, while the sleep of the laboring pers…
