Daniel 5:8

8 Entonces entraron todos los sabios del rey, pero no pudieron leer la inscripción ni dar a conocer al rey su interpretación.

Daniel 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:8

Then came in all the king's wise men
The whole college of them, the persons before described; over whom, in Nebuchadnezzar's time, Daniel was the chief of the governors, ( Daniel 2:48 ) , these came in readily, in hope of getting both riches and honour: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the
interpretation thereof;
for if they could not do the former, it must be impossible to do the latter; of the reason of which, various are the conjectures ^F16: as that, though these words were written in Chaldee, yet in characters, as the Samaritan or Phoenician, they did not understand; or were written without points, and so they knew not which were the proper ones to put to them; or they were written according to the position of the letters of the alphabet, called "athbash", of which (See Gill on Jeremiah 25:26), or the words were placed so as to be read backward, or else downward, and not straightforward; or they were all in one word; or only the initial letters of words; but the true reason was, that it was so ordained by the Lord, that they should not be able to read and interpret them; this being reserved for another man, Daniel, that he might have the honour, and God the glory.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Vid. Jac. de Clerice Dissertat. de Epulo Belshazzar, in Thesaur. Theolog. Philol. vol. 1. p. 885.

Daniel 5:8 In-Context

6 Entonces el rostro del rey palideció, y sus pensamientos lo turbaron, las coyunturas de sus caderas se le relajaron y sus rodillas comenzaron a chocar una contra otra.

7 El rey gritó fuertemente que trajeran a los encantadores, a los caldeos y a los adivinos. El rey habló, y dijo a los sabios de Babilonia: Cualquiera que pueda leer esta inscripción y declararme su interpretación, será vestido de púrpura, llevará un collar de oro al cuello y tendrá autoridad como tercero en el reino.

8 Entonces entraron todos los sabios del rey, pero no pudieron leer la inscripción ni dar a conocer al rey su interpretación.

9 Y el rey Belsasar se turbó en gran manera, su rostro palideció aún más; también sus nobles quedaron perplejos.

10 La reina, al enterarse de las palabras del rey y de sus nobles, entró en la sala del banquete y tomando la palabra, dijo: ¡Oh rey, vive para siempre! No te turben tus pensamientos ni se mude tu semblante.