Dànyǐlǐshū 2:11

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

Dànyǐlǐshū 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.

Dànyǐlǐshū 2:11 In-Context

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 .

13 Yúshì mìnglìng fāchū , zhé shì jiāngyào jiàn shā , rén jiù xúnzhǎo Dànyǐlǐ hé tāde tóngbàn , yào shā tāmen .