Daniel 4:34

34 Nabucodonosor alaba a Dios
»Cuando se cumplió el tiempo, yo, Nabucodonosor, levanté los ojos al cielo. Recuperé la razón, alabé y adoré al Altísimo y di honra a aquel que vive para siempre.
Su dominio es perpetuo,
y eterno es su reino.

Daniel 4:34 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:34

And at the end of the days
Of the time fixed in the dream; that is, at the end of seven years, as Jarchi rightly interprets it; this according to Bishop Usher ^F14, Dean Prideaux ^F15, and Mr. Whiston ^F16, was in the year of the world 3442 A.M., and before Christ 563, in the forty second year of his reign; after which he lived but one year, reigning from the death of his father forty three years, and according to the Jewish accounts forty five; they reckoning from the beginning of his partnership in the kingdom with his father, and his first coming with an army into Syria.

I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven:
for, during the seven years he ate grass like an ox, his eyes were fixed upon the earth, looking out for his food, and especially if he went on all four, as the beasts do; but now standing upright, in his erect form as a man, he looked upwards; though this phrase does not merely design his looking up to the heavens, and viewing them from his bodily eyes; but his sense and consideration of the divine Majesty in heaven, his praying to him, lifting up the eyes being a prayer gesture, and his devotion towards him;

and mine understanding returned to me;
his understanding as a man, which he had been deprived of during this time; and so came to know in what state and condition he was, by whom brought into it, and for what reason;

and I blessed the most High;
the most high God, he whose name alone is Jehovah, the God of gods, who is higher than the highest; him the king blessed for returning his understanding and reason to him, and restoring him to his senses; for which he had just cause to be thankful, for a greater blessing cannot be enjoyed;

and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever;
the living and true God, the author of life to all that have it, and who upholds in it; who lives in and of himself, and for evermore; which no mere man, even the most exalted and dignified, does:

whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from
generation to generation; (See Gill on Daniel 4:3).

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3442.
F15 Connexium part. 1. p. 106.
F16 Chronological Tables, cent. 10.

Daniel 4:34 In-Context

32 Serás expulsado de la sociedad humana. Vivirás en el campo con los animales salvajes y comerás pasto como el ganado. Durante siete períodos de tiempo vivirás de esta manera hasta que reconozcas que el Altísimo gobierna los reinos del mundo y los entrega a cualquiera que él elija”.

33 »En ese mismo momento se cumplió la sentencia y Nabucodonosor fue expulsado de la sociedad humana. Comió pasto como el ganado y lo mojó el rocío del cielo. Vivió de esa manera hasta que el pelo le creció tan largo como las plumas de las águilas y las uñas como las garras de un ave.

34 Nabucodonosor alaba a Dios
»Cuando se cumplió el tiempo, yo, Nabucodonosor, levanté los ojos al cielo. Recuperé la razón, alabé y adoré al Altísimo y di honra a aquel que vive para siempre.
Su dominio es perpetuo,
y eterno es su reino.

35 Todos los hombres de la tierra
no son nada comparados con él.
Él hace lo que quiere
entre los ángeles del cielo
y entre la gente de la tierra.
Nadie puede detenerlo ni decirle:
“¿Por qué haces estas cosas?”.

36 »Cuando recobré la razón, también recuperé mi honra, mi gloria y mi reino. Mis asesores y nobles me buscaron y fui restituido como cabeza de mi reino, con mayor honra que antes.