Daniel 2:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou, O king, sawest,h and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. ”

Daniel 2:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou, O king, sawest - Margin, “wast seeing.” The margin is in accordance with the Chaldee. The language is properly what denotes a prolonged or attentive observation. He was in an attitude favor...
Daniel 2:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Declares the Dream to the King. By the inspiration of God Daniel is enabled to describe to the king his forgotten dream. In this dream the king had seen the image of a colossal man, which wa...
Daniel 2:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sawest . wast looking. form . appearance.
Daniel 2:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Although Daniel here records the dream, and does not touch on its interpretation, yet we must not proceed farther without discoursing on the matter itself. When the interpretation is afterwards...
Daniel 2:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. A great image - Representing the four great...
Daniel 2:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold a great image— It appears from ancient coins and medals, that cities and people were often represented by the figures of men and women. A great and terrible human figure was therefore no imp...
Daniel 2:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a gr...
Daniel 2:31 - 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 2:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A great image. — Properly, one great image. This is one important feature in the vision. The image, though representing many things, was itself only “one.” (See Note on Daniel 2:1 .) That the im...
Daniel 2:31 - 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 2:31 - 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 2:31 - 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 2:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There are several interesting things in this relation of Daniel, which ought not to be passed by. Observe the modesty of the Prophet, in totally disclaiming all pretensions to merit in himself, and r...
Daniel 2:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou, O king, sawest ,.... Or, "wast seeing" z; not with the eyes of his body, but in his fancy and imagination; as he was dreaming, he thought he saw such an appearance, so it seemed to him, as fol...
Daniel 2:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness [was] excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof [was] terrible. Ver. 31. Thou, O king, sawest, ] sc.,...
Daniel 2:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image “It appears, from ancient coins and medals, that cities and people were often represented by figures of men and women. A great, terrible human figure...
Daniel 2:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Interpreted. B. C. 603. 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a g...
Daniel 2:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A great image; not a painted, superficial image, but a massy one, a statue in man's shape, great, splendid, majestical: thus they were wont of old to represent great emperors and empires, and worsh...
Daniel 2:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of Nebuchadnezzar ( Daniel 2:31-35 ). “You, O king, saw, and behold a great image. This image which was mighty and whose brightness was spectacular, stood before you. And its aspect was...
Daniel 2:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECT. VIII.—THE DREAM (Chap. Daniel 2:31-35 ) With the confidence of a man inspired and commissioned by the Most High, Daniel proceeds to declare the king’s dream. The dream one of no...
Daniel 2:31 - Scofield Reference Notes

great image The monarchy-vision. Nebuchadnezzar's dream, as interpreted by Daniel, gives the course and end of "the times of the Gentiles" ( Luke 21:24 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Revelation 16...
Daniel 2:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:29-49 I take the severance of the stone from the mountain to denote the coming of Christ into the world, and the collision of the stone with the image to mean the founding by the Lord of...
Daniel 2:31 - 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 2:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou, O King, sawest, and behold a great image. The Aggregation of Evil Look at evil as represented by this colossal image. I. I T IS A COMPOUND THING . The image was made up of various subs...
Daniel 2:31 - 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 2:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou, O king, sawest, that is, he beheld before his eyes, he had his gave fixed upon the vision, and behold a great image, a statute in human form. This great image, whose brightness was excellent...
Daniel 2:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 7:3-17 ; Ezekiel 28:7 ; Habakkuk 1:7 ; Isaiah 13:11 ; Isaiah 25:3-5 ; Luke 4:5 ; Matthew 4:8

Daniel 2:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Daniel 2:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Daniel 2:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 2:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 2:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 2:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 2:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 2:31 - Scofield Reference Notes

Daniel 2:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Daniel 2:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 2:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 2:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge