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Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Daniel speaks to Nebuchadnezzar immediately after dismissing the king's own wise men as incapable (v. 27), pivoting from what humans cannot do to what God alone does.
The words — גָּלֵא (ga.Le'), "reveals," from a root meaning to uncover or strip bare; Daniel pairs it with רָזִין (ra.Zin), "secrets," so the image is a God who exposes what was deliberately hidden.
The thread — The same "latter days" language appears in Daniel 10:14, where an angel explains a vision "concerning those days," and Amos 4:13 names God as the one who "reveals His thoughts to man."
Why it lands — Daniel asserts with no hedge that the future is held by a God who chooses to disclose it; the reader is asked to reckon with whether they treat the future as something they can manage or something they must submit to under that authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
Cross-references
- Genesis 40:8 “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- Daniel 10:14 Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”
- Amos 4:13 For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
- Genesis 49:1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
- Daniel 2:22 He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
- Genesis 41:16 “I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
- Daniel 2:18 urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 4:5 I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- Hosea 3:5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Matthew 6:9 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.