Daniel 5:11

11 En el reino de Su Majestad hay un hombre en quien reposa el espíritu de los santos dioses. Cuando vivía el rey Nabucodonosor, padre de Su Majestad, se halló que ese hombre poseía sabiduría, inteligencia y gran percepción, semejantes a las de los dioses. El padre de Su Majestad llegó a nombrar a ese hombre jefe de los magos, hechiceros, astrólogos y adivinos.

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 Esto hizo que el rey Belsasar se asustara y palideciera más todavía. Los nobles, por su parte, se hallaban confundidos.

10 Al oír el alboroto que hacían el rey y sus nobles, la reina misma entró en la sala del banquete y exclamó:—¡Que viva Su Majestad por siempre! ¡Y no se alarme ni se ponga pálido!

11 En el reino de Su Majestad hay un hombre en quien reposa el espíritu de los santos dioses. Cuando vivía el rey Nabucodonosor, padre de Su Majestad, se halló que ese hombre poseía sabiduría, inteligencia y gran percepción, semejantes a las de los dioses. El padre de Su Majestad llegó a nombrar a ese hombre jefe de los magos, hechiceros, astrólogos y adivinos.

12 Y es que ese hombre tiene una mente aguda, amplios conocimientos, e inteligencia y capacidad para interpretar sueños, explicar misterios y resolver problemas difíciles. Llame usted a ese hombre, y él le dirá lo que significa ese escrito. Se llama Daniel, aunque el padre de Su Majestad le puso por nombre Beltsasar.

13 Daniel fue llevado a la presencia del rey, y este le preguntó:—¿Así que tú eres Daniel, uno de los exiliados que mi padre trajo de Judá?