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Selected Verse: Daniel 5:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Da 5:16 |
Strong Concordance |
And I [0576] have heard [08086] of thee [05922], that thou canst [03202] make [06590] interpretations [06591], and dissolve [08271] doubts [07001]: now [03705] if [02006] thou canst [03202] read [07123] the writing [03792], and make known [03046] to me the interpretation [06591] thereof, thou shalt be clothed [03848] with scarlet [0711], and have a chain [02002] of gold [01722] about [05922] thy neck [06676], and shalt be the third [08531] ruler [07981] in the kingdom [04437]. |
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King James |
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 scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And I have heard of thee ... - Dan 5:11.
Canst make interpretations - Margin, "interpret." Chaldee, "interpret interpretations." The meaning is, that he was skilled in interpreting or explaining dreams, omens, etc.
And dissolve doubts - See the notes at Dan 5:12.
Now, if thou canst read the writing ... thou shalt be clothed with scarlet ... - This was the reward which at the first he had promised to any one that was able to do it, and as all others had failed, he was willing that it should be offered to a Jew. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Dissolve doubts - Untie knots - unbind what is bound. An expression used in the east to signify a judge of eminent wisdom and skill. |
12 Forasmuch as [06903] [03606] an excellent [03493] spirit [07308], and knowledge [04486], and understanding [07924], interpreting [06590] of dreams [02493], and shewing [0263] of hard sentences [0280], and dissolving [08271] of doubts [07001], were found [07912] in the same Daniel [01841], whom the king [04430] named [07761] [08036] Belteshazzar [01096]: now [03705] let Daniel [01841] be called [07123], and he will shew [02324] the interpretation [06591].
11 There is [0383] a man [01400] in thy kingdom [04437], in whom is the spirit [07308] of the holy [06922] gods [0426]; and in the days [03118] of thy father [02] light [05094] and understanding [07924] and wisdom [02452], like the wisdom [02452] of the gods [0426], was found [07912] in him; whom the king [04430] Nebuchadnezzar [05020] thy father [02], the king [04430], I say, thy father [02], made [06966] master [07229] of the magicians [02749], astrologers [0826], Chaldeans [03779], and soothsayers [01505];