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Daniel 4:7

Daniel 4:7
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers,.... See Gill on Dan 2:2,

and I told the dream before them, but they did not make known unto me the interpretation…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Then came in the magicians ... - All the words occurring here are found in Dan 2:2, and are explained in the note at that verse, except the word rendered “soothsayers.” This occurs in Dan 2:27. See it…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Daniel 4:4-18

Nebuchadnezzar, before he relates the judgments of God that had been wrought upon him for his pride, gives an account of the fair warning he had of them before they came, a due regard to which might…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the determiners (of fates)] see on Dan 1:21; Dan 2:2, and Dan 2:27.