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

But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third 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…

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