The Meaning of Daniel 2:19 Explained

Daniel 2:19

KJV: Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

YLT: Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret hath been revealed. Then hath Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.

Darby: Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.

ASV: Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then  was the secret  revealed  unto Daniel  in a night  vision.  Then  Daniel  blessed  the God  of heaven. 

What does Daniel 2:19 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The writer narrated these events to help us understand that God revealed the mystery as a response to the prayers of the four men (cf. James 4:2). The answer came at night, but in a vision, rather than in a dream. In a vision, the person receiving the revelation was awake, whereas in a dream, he or she was asleep. Both methods were common vehicles of divine revelation at this time ( Numbers 12:6). The writer waited until later to reveal to the reader what God had revealed. Here he wanted to focus our attention on the response to receiving this revelation.

Context Summary

Daniel 2:14-35 - Wisdom Granted In The Hour Of Need
The action of Daniel in this supreme crisis is very instructive. He reckoned absolutely on God, and in his chivalrous endeavor to save the lives of the aged men, the heads of the college in which he had been trained. He never doubted that God would be His stay. A prayer meeting was convened to ask for the merciful interposition of the God of heaven, and at its close Daniel seems to have lain down to sleep in unwavering faith. In this act we are reminded of Jesus sleeping amid the storm. Only a heart so pure and true, so trustful and godly, could have slept within the shadow of so terrible a menace. It was in a night-vision that he beheld the majestic procession of empire, from the gold of absolute monarchy to the clay and metal of constitutional government. Note his care to give all the glory to God and to take the humble position of the mere channel through which the divine message was transmitted to the king. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 2

1  Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream,
5  requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threats
10  They acknowledging their inability are judged to die
14  Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream
19  He blesses God
24  He staying the decree is brought to the king
31  The dream
36  The interpretation
46  Daniel's advancement

What do the individual words in Daniel 2:19 mean?

Then to Daniel in vision In which a night secret the was revealed then Daniel blessed God of heaven the
אֱדַ֗יִן לְדָנִיֵּ֛אל בְּחֶזְוָ֥א דִֽי־ לֵילְיָ֖א רָזָ֣ה גֲלִ֑י אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל בָּרִ֖ךְ לֶאֱלָ֥הּ שְׁמַיָּֽא

לְדָנִיֵּ֛אל  to  Daniel 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּנִיֵּאל  
Sense: the 4th of the greater prophets, taken as hostage in the first deportation to Babylon, because of the gift of God of the interpretation of dreams, he became the 2nd in command of the Babylon empire and lasted through the end of the Babylonian empire and into the Persian empire. His prophecies are the key to the understanding of end time events. Noted for his purity and holiness by contemporary prophet, Ezekiel.
בְּחֶזְוָ֥א  in  vision 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular determinate
Root: חֱזוּ  
Sense: vision, appearance.
דִֽי־  In  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: דִּי  
Sense: who, which, that mark of genitive.
לֵילְיָ֖א  a  night 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate
Root: לֵילֵי  
Sense: night.
רָזָ֣ה  secret  the 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate
Root: רָז  
Sense: secret.
גֲלִ֑י  was  revealed 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גְּלָה  
Sense: to reveal.
דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל  Daniel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּנִיֵּאל  
Sense: the 4th of the greater prophets, taken as hostage in the first deportation to Babylon, because of the gift of God of the interpretation of dreams, he became the 2nd in command of the Babylon empire and lasted through the end of the Babylonian empire and into the Persian empire. His prophecies are the key to the understanding of end time events. Noted for his purity and holiness by contemporary prophet, Ezekiel.
בָּרִ֖ךְ  blessed 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בְּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
לֶאֱלָ֥הּ  God 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֱלָהּ  
Sense: god, God.
שְׁמַיָּֽא  of  heaven  the 
Parse: Noun, mdd
Root: שְׁמַיִן  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.