Daniel 4:3

3 His miraculous signs are great. His wonders are mighty. His kingdom will last forever. His rule will never end.

Daniel 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:3

How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders!
&c.] They are great, very great, exceeding great; so great that it cannot be said, nor even conceived how great they are, what a display of wisdom, power, and goodness is in them; they are wonderful beyond expression and conception; and so strong and mighty as not to be resisted and made void by all the powers of nature, earth, or hell; and if this may be said of his works of providence, and his miracles of that, how much more of his works and miracles of grace! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
Nebuchadnezzar's reign, though a long one, had an end, and so have all others; but the kingdom of God is for ever; the kingdom of providence, and also of grace; the kingdom of his Son, the Messiah, as in ( Daniel 2:44 ) from whence Nebuchadnezzar had learnt this: and his dominion is from generation to generation;
or, "with generation and generation" F1; it goes along, and continues with all generations, and will do so to the end of time.


FOOTNOTES:

F1 (rdw rd Me) "cum generatione et generatione", Pagninus, Montanus, Michaelis; "cum omni aetate", Piscator.

Daniel 4:3 In-Context

1 I, King Nebuchadnezzar, am writing this letter. I am sending it to you people from every nation and language in the whole world. May you have great success!
2 I am pleased to tell you what has happened. The Most High God has done miraculous signs and wonders for me.
3 His miraculous signs are great. His wonders are mighty. His kingdom will last forever. His rule will never end.
4 I was at home in my palace. I was content and very successful.
5 But I had a dream that made me afraid. I was lying on my bed. Then dreams and visions passed through my mind. They terrified me.
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