Commentary on Daniel Chapters 1-12 John Calvin
Daniel 4
CHAPTER 4
Daniel 4:1-3 1. Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
1. Nebuchadnezer rex omnibus populis, nationibus, et linguis; quae; habitant in tota terra, pax vobiscum. multiplicetur.
2. I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
2. Signa et mirabilia quae fecit mecum Deus excelsus pulchrum coram me enarrare.
3. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
3. Signa ejus quam magna sunt! et mirabilia ejus quam fortia! regnum ejus regnum seculare, 203 et dominatio ejus cum rotate, et rotate.
Lecture Seventeenth. Some join these verses to the end of the third chapter, but there is no reason for this; and it will clearly appear from the context that the edict is here set forth in the king's name, and other events are inserted. Daniel, therefore, here, speaks in the person of the king; he afterwards narrates what happened to the king, and then returns to his own person. Those who separate these three verses from the context of the fourth chapter, do not seem to have sufficiently considered the intention and words of the Prophet. This passage may seem harsh and rough, when Daniel introduces the king of Babylon as speaking — then speaks in his own name — and afterwards returns to the person of the; king. But since this variety does not render the 203That is, perpetual. — Calvin