It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
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Gill's Exposition
And whereas the king saw a watcher, and an Holy One,.... Here is related another part of the dream, which respects the cutting down of the tree, or the miserable condition the king should be brought…
Barnes' Notes
It is thou, O king - It is a representation of thyself. Compare Dan 2:38. That art grown and become strong - Referring to the limited extent of his dominion when he came to the throne, and the…
We have here the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream; and when once it is applied to himself, and it is declared that he is the tree in the dream (Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur - Change but…
Cambridge Bible
The tree represented Nebuchadnezzar himself, in the pride and greatness of his empire.
to the end of the earth Comp. what was said on Dan 4:4.
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