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Daniel 4:2
ESV It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.
NIV It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
NASB I am pleased to declare the signs and miracles that the Most High God has done for me.
CSB I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me.
NLT 'I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me.
KJV I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.

What does Daniel 4:2 mean?

In this verse Nebuchadnezzar reveres the true God, whom he calls "Most High." It's likely that, in Nebuchadnezzar's beliefs, the Lord of Israel was the most prominent or powerful of a pantheon of lesser deities. He is probably not speaking of God as the one and only God and Creator. Yet the king recognizes the power and influence of the Lord worshipped by men such as Daniel (Daniel 2:47; 3:28).

Commentators suggest this chapter's contents were composed shortly before Nebuchadnezzar's death, after he had recovered from the judgment described in his dream (Daniel 4:5). That humbling experience dramatically changed his perspective. Earlier, Nebuchadnezzar boasted about his own great power (Daniel 3:15). Here, he gives credit to God for doing great things. Further, Nebuchadnezzar perceives that these signs were done for him, as lessons or messages from the Lord. Whether the king considered Daniel's first dream interpretation (Daniel 2:36) or the miraculous rescue of three Hebrew captives (Daniel 3:24–25) as part of those signs, he does not specify.
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