Daniel 4:9

Raamattu Bible

(H4:6) 'Beltsassar, sinä tietäjäin päämies, jossa minä tiedän olevan pyhien jumalien hengen ja jolle mikään salaisuus ei ole liian vaikea! Sano, mitä olivat ne näyt, jotka minä unessani näin, ja mikä on sen selitys.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

master: Daniel 1:20, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 5:11

the spirit: Daniel 4:8, Genesis 41:38, 1 Samuel 4:8

no secret: Daniel 4:5, Daniel 2:3, Genesis 11:6-8, Isaiah 33:18, Isaiah 54:14, Ezekiel 28:3

tell: Daniel 4:18, Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:5, Genesis 40:9-19, Genesis 41:15-36, Judges 7:13-15

Reciprocal: Genesis 40:5 - General Deuteronomy 4:6 - Surely Deuteronomy 29:29 - secret 2 Kings 6:12 - telleth Daniel 1:17 - Daniel had understanding Daniel 2:19 - was Daniel 2:47 - a revealer Daniel 4:17 - the holy Daniel 4:19 - was astonied Micah 6:6 - the high

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians,.... So he called him, either because he excelled them in knowledge, and was greater than they, as Jacchiades; though not of their rank and order, which Daniel would have scorned to have been among, and reckoned of; so that this would have been no compliment, but a grief unto him; or because he was appointed by the king chief over them, and even over their governors;

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because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee;

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and no secret troubleth thee; any ways perplexes thy mind to find it out; it is easy to thee to come at; it gives thee no manner of trouble to get knowledge of it; there is no secret hidden from thee; all is plain before thee, and with the utmost facility canst thou reveal it:

tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen; that is, the meaning of them; for the king remembered this his dream, and afterwards tells it very particularly:

and the interpretation of it; it may be rendered, "that is, the interpretation of it" h; for that only was what the king wanted.

h ופשרה "id est, interpretationem ejus", Junius & Tremellius, Broughtonus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians - “Master,” in the sense that he was first among them, or was superior to them all. Or, perhaps, he still retained office at the head of this class of men - the office to which he had been appointed when he interpreted the former dream, Daniel 2:48. The word rendered “master” (רב rab) is that which was applied to a teacher, a chief, or a great man among the Jews - from where came the title “rabbi.” Compare Daniel 2:48; Daniel 5:11.

Because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee - This he had learned by the skill which he had shown in interpreting his dream on former occasion, Daniel 2:0.

And no secret troubleth thee - That is, so troubles you that you cannot explain it; it is not beyond your power to disclose its signification. The word rendered “secret” (רז r̂az) occurs in Daniel 2:18-19, Daniel 2:27-30, Daniel 2:47. It is not elsewhere found. It means what is hidden, and has reference here to the concealed truth or intimation of the Divine will couched under a dream. The word rendered “troubleth thee” (אנס 'ânas) means, to urge, to press, to compel; and the idea here is, than it did not so “press” upon him as to give him anxiety. It was an easy matter for him to disclose its meaning. Greek, “No mystery is beyond your power” - ὀυκ ἀδυνατεῖ σε ouk adunatei se.

Tell me the visions of my dream - The nature of the vision, or the purport of what I have seen. He seems to have desired to know what sort of a vision he should regard this to be, as well as its interpretation - whether as an intimation of the Divine will, or as an ordimary dream. The Greek and Arabic render this, “Hear the vision of my dream, and tell me the interpretation thereof.” This accords better with the probable meaning of the passage, though the word “hear” is not in the Chaldee.