Dànyǐlǐshū 2:10

10 Jiālèdǐ rén zaì wáng miànqián huídá shuō , shìshang méiyǒu rén néng jiāng wáng suǒ wèn de shì shuō chūlai . yīnwei méiyǒu jūnwáng , dàchén , zhǎngquán de xiàng shùshì , huò yòng fǎshù de , huò Jiālèdǐ rén wèn guō zhèyàng de shì .

Dànyǐlǐshū 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:10

The Chaldeans answered before the King, and said
As follows, in order to appease his wrath, and cool his resentment, and bring him to reason: there is not a man upon the earth can show the king's matter;
or, "upon the dry land" ^F7: upon the continent, throughout the whole world, in any country whatever; not one single man can be found, be he ever so wise and learned, that can show the king what he requires; and yet Daniel afterwards did; and so it appears, by this confession, that he was greater than they, or any other of the same profession with them: this is one argument they use to convince the king of the unreasonableness of his demand; it being such that no man on earth was equal to; another follows: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler;
there neither is, nor never was, any potentate or prince, be who he will; whether, as Jacchiades distinguishes them, a "king" over many provinces, whose empire is very large; or "lord" over many cities; or "ruler" over many villages belonging to one city; in short, no man of power and authority, whether supreme or subordinate: that asked things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean;
never was such a thing required of any before; no instance, they suggest, could be produced in ancient history, or in the present age, in any kingdom or court under the heavens, of such a request being made; or that anything of this kind was ever insisted upon; and therefore hoped the king would not insist upon it; and which no doubt was true: Pharaoh required of his wise men to tell him the interpretation of his dream, but not the dream itself.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (atvby le) "super aridam", Pagninus, Montanus; "super arida", Cocceius; "super arido", Michaelis.

Dànyǐlǐshū 2:10 In-Context

8 Wáng huídá shuō , wǒ zhún zhīdào nǐmen shì gùyì chíyán , yīnwei nǐmen zhīdào nà mèng wǒ yǐjing wáng le .

9 Nǐmen ruò bú jiāng mèng gàosu wǒ , zhǐyǒu yī fǎ dāi nǐmen . yīnwei nǐmen yùbeì le huǎng yán luàn yǔ xiàng wǒ shuō , yào dĕnghòu shí shì gǎibiàn . xiànzaì nǐmen yào jiāng mèng gàosu wǒ , yīn wǒ zhīdào nǐmen néng jiāng mèng de jiǎngjiĕ gàosu wǒ .

10 Jiālèdǐ rén zaì wáng miànqián huídá shuō , shìshang méiyǒu rén néng jiāng wáng suǒ wèn de shì shuō chūlai . yīnwei méiyǒu jūnwáng , dàchén , zhǎngquán de xiàng shùshì , huò yòng fǎshù de , huò Jiālèdǐ rén wèn guō zhèyàng de shì .

11 Wáng suǒ wèn de shì shén nán . chúle bù yǔ shìrén tóngjū de shénmíng , méiyǒu rén zaì wáng miànqián néng shuō chūlai .

12 Yīncǐ , wáng qì fèn fèn dì dà fā liè nù , fēnfu mièjué Bābǐlún suǒyǒude zhé shì .