Daniel 4:19

19 Entonces Daniel, a quien llamaban Beltsasar, se quedó atónito por un momento, y le turbaron sus pensamientos. El rey habló, y dijo: "Beltsasar, no dejes que el sueño ni su interpretación te turben." Beltsasar respondió, y dijo: "Señor mío; sea el sueño para los que te odian, y su interpretación para tus adversarios.

Daniel 4:19 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel (whose name was Belteshazzar) was astonied for
one hour
Not at the difficulty of interpreting the dream, which was plain and easy to him; but at the sad and shocking things he saw plainly by the dream were coming upon the king: and though he was a wicked prince, and justly deserved such treatment; and thus he continued for the space of an hour like one thunder struck, filled with amazement, quite stupid, dumb, and silent: and his thoughts troubled him;
both about what should befall the king, and how he should make it known to him: the king spake and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the
interpretation thereof, trouble thee:
he saw by his countenance the confusion he was in, and imagined there was something in the dream which portended evil, and made him backward to relate it; and therefore encouraged him to tell it, be it what it would: Belteshazzar answered and said, my lord, the dream be to them that hate
thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies;
which is as if he had said, I could have wished, had it been the will of God, that what is signified by the dream might have befallen not the king, but his enemies; this he said, not merely as a courtier, but as one that heartily wished and prayed for his peace and prosperity; and to show that he had no ill will to the king in the interpretation of the dream, but was his hearty faithful servant and minister; and yet suggests that something very dreadful and distressing was intended for him; and hereby he prepared him the better to receive it.

Daniel 4:19 In-Context

17 'Esta sentencia es por decreto de los vigilantes, y la orden es por decisión de los santos, con el fin de que sepan los vivientes que el Altísimo domina sobre el reino de los hombres, y se lo da a quien le place, y pone sobre él al más humilde de los hombres'.

18 "Este es el sueño que yo, el rey Nabucodonosor, he tenido. Y tú, Beltsasar, dime su interpretación, ya que ninguno de los sabios de mi reino ha podido darme a conocer su interpretación; pero tú puedes, porque el espíritu de los dioses santos está en ti."

19 Entonces Daniel, a quien llamaban Beltsasar, se quedó atónito por un momento, y le turbaron sus pensamientos. El rey habló, y dijo: "Beltsasar, no dejes que el sueño ni su interpretación te turben." Beltsasar respondió, y dijo: "Señor mío; sea el sueño para los que te odian, y su interpretación para tus adversarios.

20 "El árbol que viste, que se hizo fuerte y corpulento, cuya copa llegaba hasta el cielo y que era visible en toda la tierra,

21 y cuyo follaje era hermoso y su fruto abundante, y en el que había alimento para todos, debajo del cual moraban las bestias del campo y en cuyas ramas anidaban las aves del cielo,