Daniel 5:11
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Overview - Daniel 5 | |
1 | Belshazzar's impious feast. |
5 | A hand-writing unknown to the magicians, troubles the king. |
10 | At the commendation of the queen Daniel is brought. |
17 | He, reproving the king of pride and idolatry, |
25 | reads and interprets the writing. |
30 | The monarchy is translated to the Medes. |
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Daniel 5:11 (King James Version)
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
- a man
- 2:47 Daniel 4:8 Daniel 4:9 Daniel 4:18 Genesis 41:11-15
- father
- or, grandfather.
- 5:2
- light
- 2:11 2 Samuel 14:17 ; Acts 12:22 ; 14:11 Revelation 3:9
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Nebuchadnezzar was certainly the grandfather of Belshazzar; but the term father in Hebrew and Chaldee is frequently used to denote a progenitor, or ancestor, however remote.
- father
- or, grandfather.
- 5:2
- master
- 2:48 4:9 Acts 16:16