Daniel 4:3

3 "How great are his signs! How powerful his wonders! His kingdom lasts forever, and he rules all generations.

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 [The following letter was sent out:] "From: N'vukhadnetzar the king "To: All the peoples, nations and languages living throughout the earth: "Shalom rav! [Abundant peace!]
2 "I am pleased to recount the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me.
3 "How great are his signs! How powerful his wonders! His kingdom lasts forever, and he rules all generations.
4 "I, N'vukhadnetzar, was contentedly living at home, enjoying the luxury of my palace;
5 but as I lay on my bed, I had a dream which frightened me, followed by fantasies and visions in my head which frightened me even more.
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