Daniel 5:16 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

I am told that you can give interpretations and solve difficult problems. If you can read these words and tell me their meaning, you will be clothed in purple robes of royal honor, and you will have a gold chain placed around your neck. You will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

And I have heard of thee... (Daniel 5:11).

Canst make interpretations – Margin, “interpret.” Cha…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Here the king does not acknowledge his own folly. Instead, without any modesty, he questions Daniel, and as a captive at that: Are you that Dan…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Commentary on And I have heard of you: That is, by the queen, which he repeats for the sake of observing what she had sai…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Daniel was forgotten at court; he lived privately and was then ninety years of age. Many consult servants of God on curious questions, or to explai…