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Selected Verse: Daniel 5:17 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
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Da 5:17 |
Strong Concordance |
Then [0116] Daniel [01841] answered [06032] and said [0560] before [06925] the king [04430], Let thy gifts [04978] be [01934] to thyself, and give [03052] thy rewards [05023] to another [0321]; yet [01297] I will read [07123] the writing [03792] unto the king [04430], and make known [03046] to him the interpretation [06591]. |
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King James |
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Not inconsistent with Dan 5:29. For here he declares his interpretation of the words is not from the desire of reward. The honors in Dan 5:29 were doubtless urged on him, without his wish, in such a way that he could not with propriety refuse them. Had he refused them after announcing the doom of the kingdom, he might have been suspected of cowardice or treason. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself - That is, "I do not desire them; I do not act from a hope of reward." Daniel means undoubtedly to intimate that what he would do would be done from a higher motive than a desire of office or honor. The answer is one that is eminently dignified. Yet he says he would read the writing, implying that he was ready to do anything that would be gratifying to the monarch. It may seem somewhat strange that Daniel, who here disclaimed all desire of office or reward, should so soon Dan 5:29 have submitted to be clothed in this manner, and to receive the insignia of office. But, it may be remarked, that when the offer was proposed to him he stated his wishes, and declared that he did not desire to be honored in that way; when he had performed the duty, however, of making known the writing, he could scarcely feel at liberty to resist a command of the king to be clothed in that manner, and to be regarded as an officer in the kingdom. His intention, in the verse before us, was modestly to decline the honors proposed, and to intimate that he was not influenced by a desire of such honors in what he would do; yet to the king's command afterward that he should be clothed in robes of office, he could not with propriety make resistance. There is no evidence that he took these honors voluntarily, or that he would not have continued to decline them if he could have done it with propriety.
And give thy rewards to another - Margin, "or fee, as in Dan 2:6." Gesenius supposes that the word used here (נבזבה nebizbâh) is of Persian origin. It means a gift, and, if of Persian origin, is derived from a verb, meaning to lead with gifts and praises, as a prince does an ambassador. The sense here seems to be, that Daniel was not disposed to interfere with the will of the monarch if he chose to confer gifts and rewards on others, or to question the propriety of his doing so; but that, so far as he was concerned, he had no desire of them for himself, and could not be influenced by them in what he was about to do.
Yet I will read the writing ... - Expressing no doubt that he could do it without difficulty. Probably the language of the writing was familiar to him, and he at once saw that there was no difficulty, in the circumstances, in determining its meaning. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Let thy gifts be to thyself - They could be of little use to any, as the city was in a few hours to be taken and pillaged. |
29 Then [0116] commanded [0560] Belshazzar [01113], and they clothed [03848] Daniel [01841] with scarlet [0711], and put a chain [02002] of gold [01722] about [05922] his neck [06676], and made a proclamation [03745] concerning [05922] him, that he should be [01934] the third [08531] ruler [07990] in the kingdom [04437].
29 Then [0116] commanded [0560] Belshazzar [01113], and they clothed [03848] Daniel [01841] with scarlet [0711], and put a chain [02002] of gold [01722] about [05922] his neck [06676], and made a proclamation [03745] concerning [05922] him, that he should be [01934] the third [08531] ruler [07990] in the kingdom [04437].
6 But if [02006] ye shew [02324] the dream [02493], and the interpretation [06591] thereof, ye shall receive [06902] of [04481] me [06925] gifts [04978] and rewards [05023] and great [07690] honour [03367]: therefore [03861] shew [02324] me the dream [02493], and the interpretation [06591] thereof.
29 Then [0116] commanded [0560] Belshazzar [01113], and they clothed [03848] Daniel [01841] with scarlet [0711], and put a chain [02002] of gold [01722] about [05922] his neck [06676], and made a proclamation [03745] concerning [05922] him, that he should be [01934] the third [08531] ruler [07990] in the kingdom [04437].