Daniel 4:4 (BSB)
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.
From Daniel 4. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Daniel 4:4
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Daniel 4:4: Nebuchadnezzar here explains how he acknowledged the Supreme God. He does not relate the proofs which he had previously received; but since his pride was subdued in this last dream, he makes a passing allusion to it. Meanwhile, as he doubtless recalled his former dreams to mind, and condemned himself for his ingratitude, in burying in oblivion this great power of God, and in wiping...
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Daniel 4:4-18: Nebuchadnezzar, before he relates the judgments of God that had been wrought upon him for his pride, gives an account of the fair warning he had of them before they came, a due regard to which might have prevented them.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Daniel 4:4: I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house,.... Being returned from his wars, and having obtained victory over the Egyptians, and other nations, and made himself an universal monarch; and now was in entire rest from all his enemies; enjoying himself in his family, and among his courtiers, and nothing to disturb him from any quarter.
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Daniel 4:4: I was . . . at rest--my wars over, my kingdom at peace. flourishing--"green." Image from a tree (Jer 17:8). Prosperous (Job 15:32).