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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] |
Subject: Nebuchadnezzar a true believer? |
Bible Note: Well, Ray, to attempt to answer your question, "Who was the god who was able to deliver?" -- It seems fair to say that all Christians would hold that it could only have been God, the God of Israel, who alone was able then and is able now, to deliver. Nebchadnezzar however, being a pagan steeped in the Babylonian religion of polytheism, obviously did not view the situation in the same perspective that we can today, given the facts some thousands of years later. In Daniel 3:15 Nebuchadnezzar, in asking "what god?" is probably using "god" in a paganistic sense, i.e., what god among other gods. The Chaldee word used here for "god" is elahh, and can mean God or god. In 3:29, the king is clearly speaking of the God of Shadrach, Meshack and Abed-nego. But this presents no proof that the same meaning should be attached to 3:15....Both the NASB and NKJV render "god" in 3:15 and "God" in 3:29. The KJV renders "God" in both verses. I believe the two modern versions, in rendering "god" in 3:15 and "God" in 3:29 more accurately reflect the sense indicated by the context....In any event, the matter doesn't appear to be of any great moment, no matter which meaning of "god" Nebuchadnezzar may have had in mind. And I see this as the only issue involved here. --Hank |