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The Limits of Worldly Wisdom
Commentators highlight Nebuchadnezzar's open admission that 'all the wise men' of his powerful kingdom were useless in understanding God's message. This powerful king, with access to the best human counsel, had to confess their total failure. It serves as a powerful reminder that human wisdom and worldly systems have their limits and cannot compare to the revelation that comes from God.
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Daniel
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Albert Barnes
On Daniel 4:18
18th Century
Theologian
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen—This is the dream which I saw. He had detailed it at length as it appeared to him, witho…
Charles Ellicott
On Daniel 4:18
19th Century
Bishop
This dream. —More correctly translated, This in a dream I saw — i.e., it was communicated to me in a vision.
John Calvin
On Daniel 4:18
16th Century
Theologian
Here Nebuchadnezzar repeats what he had formerly said about seeking an interpretation for his dream. He understood the figure that was shown to him…
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John Gill
On Daniel 4:18
17th Century
Pastor
This dream I King Nebuchadnezzar have seen So things were represented to him by a vision in a dream: now you,…
Matthew Henry
On Daniel 4:1–18
17th Century
Minister
The beginning and end of this chapter lead us to hope that Nebuchadnezzar was a monument to the power of divine grace and the riches of divine merc…