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Daniel 4:33

Daniel 4:33
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

At the same time my reason returned unto me,.... Or, "my understanding" (q); this he repeats, not only to express the certainty of it, but the sense he had of the greatness of the favour, and of which…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The same hour was the thing fulfilled - On the word hour, see the note at Dan 4:19. The use of the word here would seem to confirm the suggestion there made that it means a brief period of time. The…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Daniel 4:28-33

We have here Nebuchadnezzar's dream accomplished, and Daniel's application of it to him justified and confirmed. How he took it we are not told, whether he was pleased with Daniel or displeased; but…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The same hour Dan 3:6.

the thing or, the word, i.e. the announcement of Dan 4:31-32.

did eat … was wet The tenses express what was habitual (cf. Dan 4:4).

till his hairs were grown, &c. The delusion…