Daniel 2:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: ”

Daniel 2:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel answered and said - The word “answer,” in the Scriptures, often occurs substantially in the sense of “speak” or “say.” It does not always denote a reply to something that has been said by...
Daniel 2:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Volunteers to Explain the Dream. To save the magicians from their doom, Daniel offers to tell the king his dream and prays to God to make the thing clear to him. Daniel 2:14 . Arioch: E...
Daniel 2:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

answered and said . See note on Deuteronomy 1:41 . for ever and ever . from age to age. See App-151.
Daniel 2:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel here pursues his narrative, and thanks God after King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream had been made known to him, while he relates the sense of the words which he had used. May God’s name be bl...
Daniel 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: Wisdom and might are his - He knows all things, and can do all things.
Daniel 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: Daniel answered - responded to God's goodness by praises. Blessed be the name of God...
Daniel 2:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nebuchandezzar's Dream-Image Nebuchadnezzar in his second year had a dream, which he required the wise men of his court to describe and interpret on pain of death. They said this was beyond their...
Daniel 2:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Blessed be the name. — Daniel’s prayer is for the most part framed upon the model of scriptural language, while on the other hand it appears to have been adapted to their own special needs by later...
Daniel 2:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES "With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah 51:23 THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the mighty lessons wh...
Daniel 2:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Wisdom Granted in the Hour of Need Daniel 2:14-35 The action of Daniel in this supreme crisis is very instructive. He reckoned absolutely on God, and in his chivalrous endeavor to save the live...
Daniel 2:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by dreams and unable to sleep, called together his enchanters and sorcerers to explain his dreams one of which troubled him especially. Their...
Daniel 2:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Behold, Reader! the prevalency of prayer. Oh! what hath not prayer with faith in Christ wrought? When God the Holy Ghost gives a spirit of prayer, and leads the soul in Jesus into the very retirings...
Daniel 2:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel answered and said ,.... That is, he began his prayer, as Jacchiades observes, or his thanksgiving, and expressed it in the following manner: blessed be the name of God for ever and ever : a...
Daniel 2:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: Ver. 20. Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God. ] They who are slight in prayin...
Daniel 2:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then was the secret revealed It is generally thought that this secret was revealed to Daniel only, and that in sleep, by a dream, or, as it is here termed, a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the...
Daniel 2:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Dream Revealed to Daniel; Daniel's Thanksgiving. B. C. 603. 14 Then Daniel answere...
Daniel 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He blesseth God for two things. 1. Wisdom; he means chiefly the wisdom God gave him in revealing this great secret to him, which the wise men could not attain to, because they knew not the true God...
Daniel 2:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God Reveals To Daniel What He Asked. Daniel Is Filled With Gratitude and Praise ( Daniel 2:19-23 ). ‘Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of...
Daniel 2:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECT. VI.—THE THANKSGIVING (Chap. Daniel 2:19-23 ) The part of faith not only to pray but to look out for an answer. Daniel prayed in the firm expectation that, if for God’s glory, an...
Daniel 2:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:1-23 I. The narrative sets before us the value of united prayer. II. We have an illustration here of the power of gratitude. III. We have an illustration of the devout humility of genui...
Daniel 2:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:1 . In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar, after he ascended the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought...
Daniel 2:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever. Daniel’s Prayer of Thanksgiving Such a prayer sheds a flood of light upon the character of the man who utters it. It was...
Daniel 2:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 2:1-27 DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED . Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spi...
Daniel 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel Prepares to Interpret The King's Dream
Daniel 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:10 ; 1 Chronicles 29:11 ; 1 Chronicles 29:12 ; 1 Chronicles 29:20 ; 1 Kings 8:56 ; 2 Chronicles 20:21 ; Daniel 2:21-23 ; Genesis 14:20 ; Jeremiah 32:19 ; Job 12:13 ; Job 12...

Daniel 2:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Daniel 2:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Daniel 2:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 2:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 2:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 2:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 2:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 2:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Daniel 2:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge