Daniel 2:11

11 Es imposible cumplir con lo que el rey exige. Nadie, excepto los dioses, puede contar al rey su sueño, pero los dioses no habitan entre los hombres.

Daniel 2:11 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:11

And it is a rare thing the king requireth,
&e.] Meaning not scarce, or seldom heard of; for they had before asserted it never had been required; but that it was hard and difficult, yea, with them, and as they supposed with any other, impossible to be done: and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the
gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh;
these men own there was a God, though, they held, more than one; and the omniscience of God, though they seem to have no notion of his omnipresence; and to suggest as if he had no concern with mortals; had no regard to men on earth, nor communicated the knowledge of things unto them. Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Saadiah, interpret this of angels, who are incorporeal; but the superior deities of the Gentiles are rather designed; who were supposed to dwell in heaven, and to have no conversation with men on earth; these, it is owned, could declare to the king what he desired, and no other; and therefore should not persist in his demand on them.

Daniel 2:11 In-Context

9 “¡Si no me cuentan el sueño, están condenados!”. Así que han conspirado para mentirme, con la esperanza de que yo cambie de idea, pero cuéntenme el sueño y entonces sabré que pueden explicarme el significado.

10 Los astrólogos respondieron al rey:
—¡No hay nadie en la tierra que pueda decirle al rey lo que soñó! ¡Y ningún rey, por grande y poderoso que sea, jamás pidió tal cosa a sus magos, brujos o astrólogos!

11 Es imposible cumplir con lo que el rey exige. Nadie, excepto los dioses, puede contar al rey su sueño, pero los dioses no habitan entre los hombres.

12 Cuando el rey oyó esto, se enfureció y mandó a ejecutar a todos los sabios de Babilonia.

13 Entonces, debido al decreto del rey, enviaron hombres para que encontraran y mataran a Daniel y a sus amigos.