Daniel 4:6 (BSB)

So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

From Daniel 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Daniel 4:6

  • 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 4:6: Therefore made I a decree,.... Published a proclamation; signifying it was his mind and will to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before him; all together, supposing that one or other of them, or by consulting together, would be able to explain things to his satisfaction, and make him more easy: that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Daniel 4:6: It may seem strange that Daniel was not first summoned. But it was ordered by God's providence that he should be reserved to the last, in order that all mere human means should be proved vain, before God manifested His power through His servant; thus the haughty king was stripped of all fleshly confidences.
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Daniel 4:6-9: Dan 4:6-9 (Hebrew_Bible_4:3-6) Therefore Nebuchadnezzar commanded the wise men of Babylon (Dan 2:2) to be called to him, that they might interpret to him the dream. But they could not do so, although on this occasion he only asked them to give the interpretation, and not, as in Dan 2:2, at the same time the dream itself.