Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
Daniel 4:30 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 30. 30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
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Quick Meaning
Daniel 4:30 develops this movement with “The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the…”.
A roof boast is interrupted, and the sentence arrives
This verse is one part of that explanation in Daniel 4:28-33. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Daniel 4:28–33
Read Daniel 4:30 with 4:28–33. Daniel 4:30 develops this movement with “The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: A boast over Babylon is interrupted by the sentence, and the king is driven from human society until the specified period passes.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The delay makes the boast morally meaningful and the fulfillment connects self-made imperial glory with loss of humane rule. “Royal Pride Meets the Announced Judgment” opens that larger movement. This completes the present movement before the next larger development: When the period ends, the king lifts his eyes, understanding returns, and he praises heaven's king. Within that movement: Daniel 4:30 develops this movement with “The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the…”.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the…”
In plain language: This wording develops this movement.
A boast over Babylon is interrupted by the sentence, and the king is driven from human society until the specified period passes. Daniel 4:30 develops this movement with “The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the…”.
Why it matters: This wording carries a material lexical, historical, theological, reception, or misuse boundary.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
Daniel 4:30 does not stand alone from Daniel 4:28–33. Daniel 4:30 does not establish a modern identification, date, guarantee, or command by itself. Its verse-specific role is: develops this movement with “The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the…”.
What Remains True
Leadership becomes inhuman when it treats shared labor and public life as the ruler's personal monument. Daniel 4:28-33 keeps that truth tied to this claim: A boast over Babylon is interrupted by the sentence, and the king is driven from human society until the specified period passes. In this unit: Daniel 4:30 develops this movement with “The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the…”.
Teach It Back
Explain Daniel 4:30's role in 4:28–33. Name the ancient setting, quote or paraphrase “The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the…”, state one material uncertainty, and name one conclusion the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Daniel 4:28-33 — Royal Pride Meets the Announced JudgmentSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Daniel 4:30 must be read with this unit-level uncertainty: Readers debate whether a known illness explains the story or whether the animalization is literary. No retrospective diagnosis is secure; the package treats it as narrative imagery.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Daniel 4:28-33, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew aramaic text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Daniel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew-Aramaic wording, morphology, language boundary, names, repeated roots, clauses, and lexical controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Dan.xml, 4:28-33; Hebrew 1:1–2:4a and 8:1–12:13, Aramaic 2:4b–7:28
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Daniel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level Hebrew-Aramaic, textual, historical, translation, chronology, angelic-language, and duration notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Daniel PDF, printed pp. 1650–1653, translation and translator notes on 4:28-33
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