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NASB | Daniel 2:47 The king answered Daniel and said, "Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Daniel 2:47 The king answered Daniel and said, "Most certainly your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery!" [Prov 3:32; Rev 19:16] |
Bible Question: Daniel 2:47 might lead one to think that Nebuchadnezzar was a true believer in the God of Israel. But was he? Did this most powerful pagan of his time continue to cling to his Babylonian gods? |
Bible Answer: Hi Hank, I don't want to talk about Neb here or your question but I would like to speak to the verse of Daniel 2:47. I was thinking of the question of whether God was a god or not. Or whether Jesus was a king or not. I do not think of Him as a god nor a king. In this verse we read a variance from king of kings which was in Daniel somewhere speaking of Nebuchadnezzar and "King of kings and Lord of lords" is usually spoken of our God. Here it says "Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings..." Carry my thinking to Daniel 3:15b, "and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?" How can it be that Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, verse 16, didn't need to say, "There is no god who can deliver..." It's because there is only one God who can deliver. In other words, that is my reasoning to make it a capital God in Daniel 3:15 and 29. Look at 2 Chronicles 32:14 with me a minute. "Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could deliver his people out of my hand, that your (God) should be able to deliver you from my hand?" Looking at "people" see verse 17, "As the gods of the nations of the lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah shall not deliver (His) people from my hand." A good verse to memorize with a correct (I believe) capitalization is 2 Chron 32:7, "Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor because of all the multitude which is with him; for the *One* with us is greater than the one with him. With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles."NASB (I don't agree with the NKJ here.) So I would tell people "Capitalize your God for He is mighty and He is able." |