Daniel 2:27-28

27 Daniel answered the king and said, “No wise men, ¹enchanters, ²magicians, or ³astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked,

28 but ⁴there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar ⁵what will be in the latter days. Your dream and ⁶the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:

Daniel 2:27-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIAL 2

The subject of this chapter is a dream which Nebuchadnezzar had dreamed, but had forgot; upon which he calls his magicians and astrologers together, to tell him it, and the interpretation of it; threatening them with death if they did not, and promising them great rewards and honour if they did, Da 2:1-6, they urge the unreasonableness of the demand, and the impossibility of the thing; which so highly incensed the king, that he ordered their immediate destruction, Da 2:7-13, Daniel and his companions being in danger, he goes in to the king, and desires time, and he would show him what he had dreamed; which being granted, he spent it in prayer to God, Da 2:14-18, and the thing being revealed to him, he gave thanks to God, Da 2:19-23, and being introduced to the king, he both told him his dream, and the interpretation of it; which concerned the four monarchies of the world, and the everlasting kingdom of the Messiah, Da 2:24-45, upon which he was highly honoured, and greatly promoted by the king, Da 2:46-49.

Cross References

• 1. 2:27 See ch. 1:20
• 2. 2:27 See ch. 1:20
• 3. 2:27 ch. 4:7; 5:7
• 4. 2:28 See ver. 22
• 5. 2:28 ch. 10:14; Hos. 3:5
• 6. 2:28 ch. 4:5; 7:15