Show Bible Commentary For A Bible Verse

Click here to show/hide instructions.

Selected Verse: Daniel 4:20 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Da 4:20	Strong Concordance	The tree [0363] that thou sawest [02370], which grew [07236], and was strong [08631], whose height [07314] reached [04291] unto the heaven [08065], and the sight [02379] thereof to all [03606] the earth [0772];
	King James	The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse

Open All | Close All Open All | Close All

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The tree is the king. The branches, the princes. The leaves, the soldiers. The fruits, the revenues. The shadow, the protection afforded to dependent states.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The tree is the king. The branches, the princes. The leaves, the soldiers. The fruits, the revenues. The shadow, the protection afforded to dependent states.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The tree that thou sawest ... - In these two verses Daniel refers to the leading circumstances respecting the tree as it appeared in the dream, without any allusion as yet to the order to cut it down. He probably designed to show that he had clearly understood what had been said, or that he had attended to the most minute circumstances as narrated. It was important to do this in order to show clearly that it referred to the king; a fact which probably Nebuchadnezzar himself apprehended, but still it was important that this should be so firmly fixed in his mind that he would not revolt from it when Daniel came to disclose the fearful import of the remainder of the dream.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The tree that thou sawest ... - In these two verses Daniel refers to the leading circumstances respecting the tree as it appeared in the dream, without any allusion as yet to the order to cut it down. He probably designed to show that he had clearly understood what had been said, or that he had attended to the most minute circumstances as narrated. It was important to do this in order to show clearly that it referred to the king; a fact which probably Nebuchadnezzar himself apprehended, but still it was important that this should be so firmly fixed in his mind that he would not revolt from it when Daniel came to disclose the fearful import of the remainder of the dream.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The tree that thou sawest - The dream is so fully interpreted in the following verses that it needs no comment.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The tree that thou sawest - The dream is so fully interpreted in the following verses that it needs no comment.

Top