ダニエル書 2:10-15 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:2-18

Character revealed by trial. Critical moments are tests of character, In this incident the leading features of three distinct classes of character are clearly revealed. I. THE CONDUCT OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR REVEALS THE EVIL CHARACTER or TYRANNY . 1 . It is selfish. Though the charge of a vast empire is entrusted to him, the king exercises, is irresponsible power of life and death simply for his own convenience. 2 . It is unreasonable. Nebuchadnezzar not only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:10

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean. It is to be noted, in the first place, that we have the same Syriac form of כַּשְׂדָיֵא . This seems to us a survival from an earlier condition of the text, when the Syriac forms were predominant, if not universal, in it. Scribes accustomed to speak and write in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:11

And it is a rare thing that the king requireth . The Septuagint Version of this passage is, "The thing which thou requirest, O king, is hard and strange." The last two words are most likely a case of doublet—two different renderings of the same Aramaic word, yakk ı ̄rah. The primary meaning of this word is "heavy," and by transference it becomes "difficult," and then, "strange" or "rare." There may have been a slight difference of reading to account for the sentence taking the vocative... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:12

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon . The Septuagint rendering differs little in sense from the above, but in words it does considerably, "Then the king, becoming gloomy and very grieved, commanded that they lead out ,all the wise men of Babylonia." The main thing to be observed is the softening of the meaning in the hands of the Septuagint translator. This is so great as to suggest that he read לָהוֹזָלה instead of ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:13

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain. As the Aramaic stands, it might be translated as does Professor Fuller, "And the decree went forth, and the wise men were being slain;" the וֹ of co-ordination maybe regarded as here used of Subordination. Further, the use of the participle for the preterite is not by any means uncommon in Daniel, certainly mainly in the principal clause, as in verse 5 of the present chapter. Noldeke, in his 'Syriac Grammar,' 278 a , gives... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:14

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon. The text here does not seem to have differed much from the Egyptian recension, the translation of which we have in the Septuagint Version. "Then Daniel spake with the counsel and knowledge which were his to Arioch the chief executioner [ ἀρχὶ μαγείρῳ , 'chief butcher,' used by Plutarch for 'chief cook'] of the king, to whom it was appointed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:14-23

A specific remedy for human distress. The immoderate anger of the king had only aggravated his trouble without bringing a remedy. Uncontrollable temper is suicidal, it robbed Nebuchadnezzar of his kingly dignity, of the use of reason, of the power of memory. For the time being he had forgotten that, in all matters of practical wisdom, he had found Daniel to surpass all other state councillors. Now he was on the point of staining his conscience and his throne with wanton cruelty, with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:14-30

The dream found. "Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision." In this section Daniel is the principal actor; and as he moves through the successive scenes of this part of the sacred drama, his character shines like the light, and may illumine for us the path of life. We shall, therefore, keep him prominent throughout. Observe Daniel— I. IN THE SHADE . 1 . The position. Although Daniel had been trained for distinguished services, pronounced by the king to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:15

He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. The opening clause in this verse is doubtful. In the Septuagint the verse is rendered, "And he asked him saying, Ruler, why is it decreed so bitterly by the king? And he showed him the warrant." Theodotion is yet briefer, "Ruler of the king, why has so harsh a sentence come forth from the king? And he declared ( ἐγνώρισε ) to him his orders." But... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:10

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said - Perhaps the “Chaldeans” answered because they were the highest in favor, and were those in whom most confidence was usually reposed in such matters. See the notes at Daniel 2:2. On such an occasion, those would be likely to be put forward to announce their inability to do this who would be supposed to be able to interpret the dream, if any could, and on whom most reliance was usually placed.There is not a man upon the earth that can show the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:2-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:14-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:14-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:10

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