A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Gill, John, 1697-1771 • SECTION 49

Daniel 4:9

← John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Daniel

Daniel 4:9

Ver. 9. O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians,.... So he called him, either because he excelled them in knowledge, and was greater than they, as Jacchiades; though not of their rank and order, which Daniel would have scorned to have been among, and reckoned of; so that this would have been no compliment, but a grief unto him; or because he was appointed by the king chief over them, and even over their governors; See Gill on "Da 2:48":

because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee; See Gill on "Da 4:8";

and no secret troubleth thee; any ways perplexes thy mind to find it out; it is easy to thee to come at; it gives thee no manner of trouble to get knowledge of it; there is no secret hidden from thee; all is plain before thee, and with the utmost facility canst thou reveal it:

tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen; that is, the meaning of them; for the king remembered this his dream, and afterwards tells it very particularly:

and the interpretation of it; it may be rendered, "that is, the interpretation of it" {h}; for that only was what the king wanted.

{h} hrvpw "id est, interpretationem ejus", Junius & Tremellius, Broughtonus, Michaelis.

Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.

Project Gutenberg source record →