Daniel 4:30 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 4:30

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

BSB

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ASV

The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

KJV

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Is not this great Babylon - Here his heart was inflated with pride; he attributed every thing to himself, and acknowledged God in nothing. The walls, hanging gardens, temple of Bel, and the royal palace, all built by Nebuchadnezzar, made it the greatest city in the world.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Scarcely a figure in stone, or tablet, has been dug out of the rubbish heaps of Babylon, whereas Nineveh abounds in them; fulfilling Jer 51:37, "Babylon shall become heaps." The "I" is emphatic, by which he puts himself in the place of God; so the "my . . . my." He impiously opposes his might to God's, as though God's threat, uttered a year before, could never come to pass.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עָנֵ֤ה	'a.Neh	[was] replying	H6032 →
מַלְכָּא֙	mal.Ka'	king the	H4430 →
וְאָמַ֔ר	ve.'a.Mar	and [was] saying	H560 →
הֲלָ֥א	ha.La'	¿ not	H3809 →
דָא־	da'-	[is] this	H1668 →
הִ֖יא	hi'	it	H1932 →
בָּבֶ֣ל	ba.Vel	Babylon	H895 →
רַבְּתָ֑א	ra.be.Ta'	<the> great	H7229 →
דִּֽי־	di-	which	H1768 →
אֲנָ֤ה	'a.Nah	I	H576 →
בֱנַיְתַהּ֙	ve.nay.Tah	I built it	H1124 →
לְבֵ֣ית	le.Veit	to a house of	H1005 →
מַלְכ֔וּ	mal.Khu	a kingdom	H4437 →
בִּתְקַ֥ף	bit.Kaf	by [the] strength of	H8632 →
חִסְנִ֖י	chis.Ni	power my	H2632 →
וְלִיקָ֥ר	ve.li.Kar	and for [the] honor of	H3367 →
הַדְרִֽי׃	had.Ri	majesty my	H1923 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
leads to
- Proverbs 11:2
  When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Isaiah 2:11–12
  The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Proverbs 18:12
  Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Obadiah 1:3–4
  The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
- Proverbs 29:23
  A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Through
Revelation 17:5
And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
leads to
- Revelation 14:8
  Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 18:10
In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
leads to
- Revelation 18:19
  Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her…
- Revelation 18:8
  Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”