Daniel 5:10

10 La reine entra dans la salle du festin, à cause des paroles du roi et de ses grands. La reine prit la parole et dit: Roi, vis éternellement! que tes pensées ne te troublent point, et que ton visage ne change pas de couleur.

Daniel 5:10 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:10

Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his
lords, came into the banquet house
Not the wife of Belshazzar, as Porphyry would have it; but rather the queen mother, as Jacchiades, the widow of Evilmerodach his father, whose name was Nitocris; and is spoken of, by Herodotus ^F17, as a very prudent woman; and as this seems to be by her words and conduct: though Josephus ^F18 says it was his grandmother, she who had been the wife of Nebuchadnezzar; and of this opinion were some mentioned by Aben Ezra; whose name was Amyitis; and it appears, by what she says afterwards, that she was well acquainted with affairs in his time; and, being an ancient woman, might be the reason why she was not among the ladies at the feast in the banqueting house; but came into it, without being sent for, on hearing the consternation and distress the king and his lords were in, and the moanful despairing words they expressed on this occasion: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever;
the usual salutation given to the kings of Babylon, and other eastern monarchs; see ( Daniel 2:4 ) ( 6:21 ) : let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed;
at this affair, as if it could never be understood, and the true meaning of it be given; but be of good: cheer, and put on a good countenance; there is hope yet that it may be cleared up to satisfaction.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Clio, sive l. 1. c. 185, 188.
F18 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 11. sect. 2.

Daniel 5:10 In-Context

8 Alors les sages du roi entrèrent; mais ils ne purent lire l'écriture, ni en donner au roi l'interprétation.

9 De sorte que le roi Belshatsar fut fort troublé, il changea de couleur et ses grands furent consternés.

10 La reine entra dans la salle du festin, à cause des paroles du roi et de ses grands. La reine prit la parole et dit: Roi, vis éternellement! que tes pensées ne te troublent point, et que ton visage ne change pas de couleur.

11 Il y a un homme dans ton royaume en qui est l'esprit des dieux saints; et du temps de ton père, on trouva en lui une lumière, une intelligence et une sagesse semblables à la sagesse des dieux; et le roi Nébucadnetsar ton père, - ton père, ô roi! - l'établit chef des magiciens, des astrologues, des Caldéens et des devins,

12 Parce qu'on trouva en lui, Daniel, que le roi avait nommé Beltshatsar, un esprit extraordinaire, et de la connaissance, et de l'intelligence pour interpréter les songes, expliquer les énigmes et résoudre les questions difficiles. Que Daniel soit donc appelé, et il donnera l'interprétation.