Daniel 5:11

11 Hay un hombre en su reino en quien vive el espíritu de los dioses santos. Durante el reinado de Nabucodonosor, este hombre demostró percepción, entendimiento y sabiduría como la que tienen los dioses. El rey que precedió a usted, o sea su antecesor, el rey Nabucodonosor, lo nombró jefe de todos los magos, los brujos, los astrólogos y los adivinos de Babilonia.

Daniel 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:11

There is a man in thy kingdom
She does not say in his court; very probably, after the death of Nebuchadnezzar, perhaps in one of the former reigns, he was removed from his offices; for, had he been in one, very likely the queen would have described him by it; and this seems to receive confirmation by the question Belshazzar put to him upon his coming into his presence, art thou that Daniel
; and only says that he had heard of him, ( Daniel 5:13 Daniel 5:14 ) : in whom is the spirit of the holy gods;
something divine, something more than human; she uses the very words of Nebuchadnezzar; which seems to confirm that opinion, that she was his widow, ( Daniel 4:8 ) : and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like
the wisdom of the gods, was found in him;
"light" in the knowledge of things obscure; understanding in the interpretation of dreams; and "wisdom" in things both human and divine, like that of an angel of God, as Jacchiades interprets "Elohim": of this instances were given in the days of his grandfather, for so Nebuchadnezzar was; nor is it unusual for a grandfather to be called a father, and even a more remote ancestor; which instances were, telling him his dream when he had forgot it, as well as the interpretation of it; and explaining his dream or vision of the tree cut down to its stump; of which see Daniel chapters two and four: whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father,
made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers,
( Daniel 2:48 ) she seems tacitly to upbraid him with his neglect of such a man, or with turning him out of his office, when so great a prince as his grandfather was took so much notice of him, and so highly advanced him.

Daniel 5:11 In-Context

9 Así que el rey se asustó aún más y se puso pálido. Sus nobles también estaban perturbados.

10 Cuando la reina madre oyó lo que estaba pasando, se dirigió apresuradamente a la sala del banquete y le dijo a Belsasar: «¡Que viva el rey! No se ponga tan pálido ni tenga miedo.

11 Hay un hombre en su reino en quien vive el espíritu de los dioses santos. Durante el reinado de Nabucodonosor, este hombre demostró percepción, entendimiento y sabiduría como la que tienen los dioses. El rey que precedió a usted, o sea su antecesor, el rey Nabucodonosor, lo nombró jefe de todos los magos, los brujos, los astrólogos y los adivinos de Babilonia.

12 Este hombre, Daniel, a quien el rey le dio por nombre Beltsasar, tiene un intelecto excepcional y rebosa de conocimiento y entendimiento divino. Puede interpretar sueños, explicar acertijos y resolver problemas difíciles. Mande llamar a Daniel y él le dirá el significado de lo que está escrito en la pared».

13 Daniel explica la escritura
Entonces trajeron a Daniel delante del rey y el rey le preguntó:
—¿Eres tú ese Daniel, uno de los cautivos traídos de Judá por mi antecesor, el rey Nabucodonosor?