Daniel 4:6 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 4:6

So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

KJV

Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Therefore made I a decree - The word here rendered decree (טעם ṭe‛êm) means, commonly, “taste, flavor,” as of wine; then “judgment, discernment, reason;” and then a judgment of a king, a mandate, edict. Compare Dan 3:10. The primary notion seems to be that of a delicate “taste” enabling one to determine the qualities of wines, viands, etc.; and then a delicate and nice discrimination in regard to the qualities of actions.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It may seem strange that Daniel was not first summoned. But it was ordered by God's providence that he should be reserved to the last, in order that all mere human means should be proved vain, before God manifested His power through His servant; thus the haughty king was stripped of all fleshly confidences.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמִנִּי֙	u.mi.Ni	and from me	H4481 →
שִׂ֣ים	sim	it was made	H7761 →
טְעֵ֔ם	te.'Em	a decree	H2942 →
לְהַנְעָלָ֣ה	le.han.'a.Lah	to bring in	H5954 →
קָֽדָמַ֔י	ka.da.Mai	before me	H6925 →
לְכֹ֖ל	le.Khol	<obj.> all	H3606 →
חַכִּימֵ֣י	cha.ki.Mei	[the] wise men of	H2445 →
בָבֶ֑ל	va.Vel	Babylon	H895 →
דִּֽי־	di-	that	H1768 →
פְשַׁ֥ר	fe.Shar	[the] interpretation of	H6591 →
חֶלְמָ֖א	chel.Ma'	dream the	H2493 →
יְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּֽנִי׃	ye.Hod.'u.Na.ni	they will make known to me	H3046 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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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
Isaiah 8:19
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 10:13
  So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- Leviticus 20:6
  Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
- 2 Chronicles 33:6
  He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking…
- Psalms 106:28
  They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
- Leviticus 19:31
  You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Through
Daniel 2:2
So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,
leads to
- Daniel 1:20
  In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
- Exodus 7:11
  But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
- Genesis 41:8
  In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.