George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Daniel 5:16
Difficult. Literally, "things which are tied," or perplexing. (Haydock) --- The Persians still used the like expressions, to imply an intelligent governor. (Chardin.)
Difficult. Literally, "things which are tied," or perplexing. (Haydock) --- The Persians still used the like expressions, to imply an intelligent governor. (Chardin.)
Verse 16. _DISSOLVE DOUBTS_] _Untie knots - unbind what is bound_. An expression used in the east to signify a _judge_ of eminent wisdom and skill....
AND I HAVE HEARD OF THEE ... - Daniel 5:11. CANST MAKE INTERPRETATIONS - Margin, “interpret.” Chaldee, “interpret interpretations.” The meaning is, that he was skilled in interpreting or explaining d...
CHAPTER 5 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST _ 1. Belshazzar's licentious feast (Daniel 5:1)_ 2. The writing on the wall (Daniel 5:5) 3. Forgotten Daniel (Daniel 5:10) 4. The message of Daniel ...
DANIEL 5. Belshazzar, who is represented as king of Babylon, makes a great feast, using the vessels which his father had brought to Babylon from the Temple at Jerusalem. During the feast the fingers o...
_make_ better _give_(R.V.); lit. _interpret_. _dissolve doubts_ LOOSE KNOTS. See on Daniel 5:12. _thou shalt be clothed with_ PURPLE, &c. As Daniel 5:7. _and_ RULE AS ONE OF THREE _in the kingdom_ S...
THAT THOU CANST MAKE INTERPRETATIONS— _That thou canst explain what is to be explained,_ or what stands in need of explanation. _And dissolve doubts_ is literally _to untie knots;_ a manner of speakin...
b. TURMOIL TEXT: Daniel 5:8-16 8 Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troub...
_I HAVE EVEN HEARD OF THEE, THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE GODS IS IN THEE, AND THAT LIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING AND EXCELLENT WISDOM IS FOUND IN THEE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST Belshazzar, king of Babylon, holds a great feast, at which he profanely uses the sacred vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5:1). He is terrified at...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 5 V1 King Belshazzar had a big party. He invited a thousand important people and he drank wine with them. V2 As Belshazzar drank wine,...
וַ אֲנָה֙ שִׁמְעֵ֣ת _עֲלָ֔ךְ_† דִּֽי־_תִכּ֥וּל_† פִּשְׁרִ֛ין...
THE FIERY INSCRIPTION IN this chapter again we have another magnificent fresco-picture, intended, as was the last-but under circumstances of aggravated guilt and more terrible menace-to teach the les...
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL Daniel 5:1-16 The name of Belshazzar has been deciphered in inscriptions found at Babylon, from which it is inferred that he was associated with his father in the kingdom,...
The next scene is cast in the reign of Belshazzar. He had succeeded to the throne of his father, and was a man of profligate habits. No details are given of his reign, but a graphic picture is set bef...
What a consternation the whole court was thrown into by this event, we may well conceive, by what is here said. Daniel is again had recourse to, in order to help the king, and his party out of their a...
In chapter 5 the iniquity of the head of the Gentiles with respect to the God of Israel reaches the highest point, and assumes that character of insolence and contempt which is but the effort of weakn...
AND I HAVE HEARD OF THEE,.... That is, by the queen, which he repeats for the sake of observing what she had said of him, and which gave him encouragement to send for him: THAT THOU CANST MAKE INTERP...
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with sca...
_Then was Daniel brought in before the king_ Daniel was now near ninety years of age; so that his years and honours, and former preferments, might have entitled him to a free admission into the king's...
THE FEAST AND THE HANDWRITING....
and I have heard of thee that thou canst make interpretations and dissolve doubts, untie the hardest knots. NOW, IF THOU CANST READ THE WRITING AND MAKE KNOWN TO ME THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF, THOU SH...
MAKE INTERPRETATIONS: Cald. interpret...
10-17 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 explain difficult subjects, but without asking the...
These things were spoken to before, DANIEL 5:7,8....
Daniel 5:16 I H576 heard H8086 (H8754) you H5922 can H3202 (H8748) give H6590 (H8749) interpretations...
‘Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? I h...
Daniel 5:1 I. Belshazzar's feast was characterised by great intemperance. II. It was characterised by great profanity. III. This night was one of supernatural visitation. IV. This was a night of t...
Daniel 5:16 Note: I. The three principal sources and causes whence our doubts arise, and from which they get force to make their assault. They never come of truth or high discovery, but always of the...
CONTENTS: Daniel's personal history under Belshazzar and Darius. The pride of Belshazzar and his downfall. The writing on the wall. Its interpretation and fulfillment. CHARACTERS: God, Belshazzar, Qu...
Daniel 5:2. _Belshazzar his father Nebuchadnezzar._ Belshazzar was the son of Evilmerodach, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. The empire therefore falling at this time, fulfilled the prophecy, that all...
_And dissolve doubts._ THE DISSOLVING OF DOUBTS Doubts and questions are not peculiar to Nebuchadnezzar, but they are the common lot and heritage of humanity. We live just now in a specially doubting...
_Then was Daniel brought in before the king._ THE PREACHER’S OPPORTUNITY How the prophet always clears a space for himself; how on great occasions men distribute themselves into proper classes. When...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:1 Daniel explains to Belshazzar, the last king of Babylon, that the writing on the wall is a message that the true God rules over all. In his own time, this true God will vindi...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:13 Daniel alone is able to decipher the writing on the wall. It is a message from the true God, telling of the end of the Babylonian Empire. ⇐...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XVII.—BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST (Chap. 5.) This chapter deservedly a favourite with general readers [126]. The magnificence, excitement, and revelry of the royal feast; the profligate kin...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 5:1 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. In regard to this chapter the peculiar state of the Septuagint text has to be noted. At the beginning of the chapter there are three verses which seem to be...
Shall we turn now in our Bible to Daniel, chapter 5. Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousands (Daniel 5:1). There are men who call themse...
Acts 8:18; Daniel 5:7; Genesis 40:8...