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Daniel 2:11

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11 O que o rei está pedindo é difícil demais; ninguém pode revelar isso ao rei, senão os deuses, e eles não vivem entre os mortais”.[a]

Daniel 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.

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Daniel 2:11 In-Context

9 Se não me contarem o sonho, todos vocês receberão a mesma sentença; pois vocês combinaram enganar-me com mentiras, esperando que a situação mudasse. Contem-me o sonho, e saberei que vocês são capazes de interpretá-lo para mim”.
10 Os astrólogos responderam ao rei: “Não há homem na terra que possa fazer o que o rei está pedindo! Nenhum rei, por maior e mais poderoso que tenha sido, chegou a pedir uma coisa dessas a nenhum mago, encantador ou astrólogo.
11 O que o rei está pedindo é difícil demais; ninguém pode revelar isso ao rei, senão os deuses, e eles não vivem entre os mortais”.
12 Isso deixou o rei tão irritado e furioso que ele ordenou a execução de todos os sábios da Babilônia.
13 E assim foi emitido o decreto para que fossem mortos os sábios; os encarregados saíram à procura de Daniel e dos seus amigos, para que também fossem mortos.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Aramaico: "com a carne."

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