New International Version It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me. New Living Translation “I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me. English Standard Version It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me. Berean Standard Bible I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me. Berean Literal Bible The signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me, it seemed proper for me to show. King James Bible I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. New King James Version I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me. New American Standard Bible I am pleased to declare the signs and miracles that the Most High God has done for me. NASB 1995 “It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me. NASB 1977 “It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me. Legacy Standard Bible It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me. Amplified Bible It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me. Berean Annotated Bible I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me. Christian Standard Bible I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me. Holman Christian Standard Bible I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me. American Standard Version It hath seemed good unto me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me. Contemporary English Version I am glad to tell about the wonderful miracles God Most High has done for me. English Revised Version It hath seemed good unto me to shew the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me. GOD'S WORD® Translation I am pleased to write to you about the miraculous signs and amazing things the Most High God did for me. Good News Translation Listen to my account of the wonders and miracles which the Supreme God has shown me. International Standard Version It gives me great pleasure to tell about the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me. NET Bible I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me. New Heart English Bible It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me. Webster's Bible Translation I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought towards me. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleI am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me. World English Bible It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe signs and wonders that God Most High has done with me, it is good before me to show. Berean Literal Bible The signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me, it seemed proper for me to show. Young's Literal Translation The signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew. Smith's Literal Translation The signs and wonders that the most high God made with me, it was pleasant before me to show. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe most high God hath wrought signs and wonders toward me. It hath seemed good to me therefore to publish Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible I had a terrifying dream as I lay in bed, and the images and my visions frightened me. New Revised Standard Version The signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me I am pleased to recount. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI thought it good to publish the signs and wonders that the High God has wrought toward me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Signs and wonders that God Most High did, it is pleasing before me to show OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me. Brenton Septuagint Translation It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Nebuchadnezzar Confesses God's Kingdom1King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied. 2I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me. 3How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.… Cross References I am pleased to declare Psalm 66:16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me. Psalm 40:9-10 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know. / I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly. Psalm 145:4 One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts— the signs and wonders Deuteronomy 4:34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes? Exodus 7:3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, Hebrews 2:4 and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will. that the Most High God Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire, Psalm 57:2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me. Genesis 14:18-20 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High— / and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, / and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. has performed for me. Luke 1:49 For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name. Psalm 118:23 This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes. Psalm 126:3 The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. Psalm 105:1-2 Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. / Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. Isaiah 12:4-5 and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted. / Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth. Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness. Isaiah 46:9-10 Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. / I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’ Treasury of Scripture I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God has worked toward me. I thought it good. Joshua 7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. Psalm 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. Psalm 71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. that. Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. Psalm 66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. Acts 22:3-16 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day… Jump to Previous Clear Declare Good High Miraculous Performed Pleasure Seemed Shew Show Signs Thought Towards Wonders Worked WroughtJump to Next Clear Declare Good High Miraculous Performed Pleasure Seemed Shew Show Signs Thought Towards Wonders Worked WroughtDaniel 4 1. Nebuchadnezzar confesses God's kingdom,4. makes relation of his dreams, which the magicians could not interpret. 8. Daniel hears the dream. 19. He interprets it. 28. The dream fulfilled. I am pleased to declare Nebuchadnezzar publicly testifies to what God has done in his own life. The Babylonian king, once marked by pride and self-exaltation, now directs attention away from his own achievements and toward the Lord’s power. His decree stands in contrast to pagan royal proclamations that celebrated a king or his gods. Psa 66:16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare… the signs and wonders God’s mighty works had already been displayed through Daniel’s interpretation of dreams and the deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the fiery furnace. The coming account adds Nebuchadnezzar’s humbling and restoration as further evidence that God rules over kings and kingdoms. Like the signs and wonders of the Exodus, these acts reveal God’s authority and call people to recognize Him. Deu 4:34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation…… that the Most High God Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges the God of Israel as supreme over Babylon’s idols, rulers, and empire. Daniel had repeatedly shown that no earthly power stands beyond God’s judgment or outside His control. The title “Most High God” recognizes the Lord as the sovereign King whose dominion exceeds every human throne. Dan 3:26 So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire… has performed for me. God’s works were not distant events for Nebuchadnezzar to observe; they reached into his own pride, judgment, restoration, and worship. The king’s experience reveals both God’s holiness in humbling the proud and His mercy in restoring those who turn to Him. Nebuchadnezzar’s public confession becomes a witness that the Lord alone is able to abase and to lift up. Luk 1:49 For the Mighty One has done great things for me.… Persons / Places / Events 1. NebuchadnezzarThe king of Babylon who experienced a humbling encounter with God, leading to his acknowledgment of God's sovereignty. 2. Daniel A Jewish exile in Babylon who served in the king's court and interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dreams, demonstrating God's wisdom and power. 3. Babylon The empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, known for its grandeur and as a place of exile for the Israelites. 4. The Most High God A title for God emphasizing His supreme authority over all earthly rulers and kingdoms. 5. Signs and Wonders Miraculous events orchestrated by God to reveal His power and authority, often leading to a deeper understanding or transformation. Teaching Points Acknowledging God's SovereigntyRecognize that God is the ultimate authority over all creation, and His power is unmatched. Testifying to God's Works Like Nebuchadnezzar, we should be eager to share the ways God has worked in our lives, giving Him glory. Humility Before God Nebuchadnezzar's experience teaches us the importance of humility and the dangers of pride. The Purpose of Miracles Understand that signs and wonders are meant to point us to God and deepen our faith, not just to amaze us. Transformation Through Encounter Personal encounters with God can lead to profound changes in our beliefs and actions. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Daniel 4:2?2. How can we "declare the signs and wonders" God has done in our lives? 3. What does Daniel 4:2 teach us about God's sovereignty and power? 4. How does Daniel 4:2 connect with other biblical accounts of God's miracles? 5. In what ways can we recognize God's work in our daily experiences? 6. How can sharing God's works strengthen our faith and the faith of others? 7. What does Daniel 4:2 reveal about God's sovereignty over earthly kingdoms? 8. How does Daniel 4:2 demonstrate God's power and authority? 9. Why is it important for Nebuchadnezzar to declare God's signs and wonders in Daniel 4:2? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Daniel 4? What Does Daniel 4:2 Mean I am pleased• Daniel 4 opens with King Nebuchadnezzar speaking in the first person. After years of pride, exile to the fields, and restoration, his heart is now genuinely “pleased” to speak well of God (Daniel 4:34-37). • Joy is a natural response to God’s saving work. “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips” (Psalm 34:1). • Like Mary’s song when she was “greatly rejoicing in God” (Luke 1:46-47), true testimony springs from delight, not duty. to declare • The king’s pleasure drives him to verbal proclamation. Saving encounters with God are meant to be told, not tucked away. “Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples” (Psalm 96:3). • Jesus told delivered men to “proclaim what great things God has done for you” (Luke 8:39). Such public confession gives God the credit He deserves and encourages others to trust Him. the signs and wonders • “Signs” point to God’s character; “wonders” leave observers in awe. Together they summarize the miraculous dealings God used to humble and restore Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:33-36). • Throughout Scripture, signs and wonders authenticate God’s message and messenger: – Exodus 7:3-5—plagues confirmed Moses’ call. – Acts 2:22—Jesus was “accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs.” – Hebrews 2:4—God testified to the gospel “by signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit.” that the Most High God • The title highlights God’s unrivaled supremacy. Nebuchadnezzar had once worshiped many deities, but now acknowledges the one true Sovereign (cf. Daniel 3:26; 4:17). • “Most High” asserts that no earthly king or spiritual power outranks Him (Deuteronomy 32:8; Psalm 83:18). • Recognizing God’s loftiness is the heart of repentance; pride collapses when confronted with His majesty (James 4:6-10). has performed for me • Nebuchadnezzar personalizes God’s work: the Almighty didn’t merely act in history—He acted “for me.” • The psalmist echoes this: “The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy” (Psalm 126:3). • Personal testimony turns abstract theology into living reality. Paul did the same: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst… so that in me, the foremost, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience” (1 Timothy 1:15-16). • Sharing what God has “performed for me” invites hearers to expect His gracious intervention in their own lives. summary Daniel 4:2 shows a once-arrogant king transformed into a joyful witness. Each phrase traces the journey: delight in God (“I am pleased”), readiness to speak (“to declare”), focus on divine activity (“the signs and wonders”), exaltation of God’s supremacy (“the Most High God”), and personal appropriation (“has performed for me”). The verse models how every redeemed life should overflow—celebrating, proclaiming, and personalizing God’s mighty works so others may see His greatness and turn to Him. (2) Signs and wonders.—Comp. Isaiah 8:18. The appearance of various scriptural phrases in this letter leads us to believe that Daniel must have written it at the king’s request.The high God.—Referring to his language (Daniel 3:26). Verses 2, 3. - I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. The Greek versions for these two verses are in absolute agreement, hence one is not surprised to find that in the Syriac of Paulus Tellensis, these verses, with that preceding, are marked with an asterisk, which proclaims them not to have been regarded by their translator as a genuine part of the Septuagint, but to have been added from Theodotion. They are in close agreement with the Massoretic text. In these two verses the Peshitta is also at one with the Massoretic text. It is possible that this may have been the actual beginning of the document; on the other hand, it may have been simply the suggestion of some later scribe of how such a proclamation might have begun. The latter is, perhaps, the more probable. At the same time, it vindicates its position by being a not unnatural expression of feelings such as Nebuchadnezzar might well be supposed to have had after such an experience as he had passed through. It may even be that the signs and wonders to which Nebuchadnezzar refers are not merely those of his dream and its fulfilment, but all the signs that had been manifested in his reign.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I am pleasedשְׁפַ֥ר (šə·p̄ar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8232: To be fair or seemly to declare לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃ (lə·ha·ḥă·wā·yāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 2324: To show the signs אָֽתַיָּא֙ (’ā·ṯay·yā) Noun - masculine plural determinate Strong's 852: A portent and wonders וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א (wə·ṯim·hay·yā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural determinate Strong's 8540: A miracle that דִּ֚י (dî) Pronoun - relative Strong's 1768: Who, which, that, because the Most High עִלָּאָ֑ה (‘il·lā·’āh) Adjective - masculine singular determinate Strong's 5943: highest', a name of God God אֱלָהָ֖א (’ĕ·lā·hā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 426: God has performed עֲבַ֣ד (‘ă·ḇaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5648: To do, make, prepare, keep for me: עִמִּ֔י (‘im·mî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5974: With, equally with Additonal Resources Daniel 4:2 Blue Letter BibleDaniel 4:2 Bible Gateway Daniel 4:2 Bible.com Daniel 4:2 NIV |
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