John Gill Commentary Daniel 4:9

"O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof." — Daniel 4:9 (ASV)

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; (See Gill on Daniel 2:48):

because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee ;
(See Gill on Daniel 4:8);

and no secret troubleth thee ;
any ways perplexes your mind to find it out; it is easy to you to come at; it gives you no manner of trouble to get knowledge of it; there is no secret hidden from you; all is plain before you, and with the utmost facility can you 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" ^F8 ; for that only was what the king wanted.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F8:
  F8 (hrvpw) "id est, interpretationem ejus", Junius & Tremellius, Broughtonus, Michaelis.