Todos os sábios do rei entraram na sala, mas foram incapazes de ler a inscrição e dar seu significado ao rei.
Daniel 5:8
Comentário de Albert Barnes
Então vieram todos os sábios do rei – As classes acima mencionadas, Daniel 5: 7 .
Mas eles não podiam ler a escrita – o personagem era um personagem desconhecido para eles. Pode ter sido um personagem que não foi encontrado em nenhum idioma e que tornou o poder de Daniel lê-lo mais notável, ou pode ter sido, como sugerido nas notas em Daniel 5: 7 , um personagem estranho com o qual eles não conheciam, apesar de familiares a Daniel.
Comentário de Thomas Coke
Daniel 5: 8 . Mas eles não podiam ler a escrita – porque, diz Houbigant, foi escrita nos antigos caracteres samaritanos, e os que eram usados ??em suas moedas; que eram muito diferentes das letras caldéias : para esses três compêndios de três frases, Mene, Tekel, Peres, eram os que eram comumente encontrados em suas moedas.
Comentário de Joseph Benson
Daniel 5: 8-9 . Então vieram todos os sábios do rei – ambiciosos da honra e desejosos de gratificar o rei. Mas eles não conseguiam ler a escrita – porque, diz Houbigant, foi escrita nos antigos caracteres samaritanos, que eram muito diferentes das letras caldeus. Ou talvez apenas as letras iniciais, MTP, tenham sido escritas. Mas Deus, para sua própria glória, reservou a honra de ler e interpretá-la para seu servo Daniel. Wintle apresenta a cláusula: “Eles não conseguiram ler os escritos, de modo a tornar conhecida a interpretação para o rei”. Então o rei Belsazar ficou muito perturbado – sua consternação e angústia foram renovadas e aumentadas, tendo sua última esperança fracassado; e seus senhores ficaram surpresos – seus companheiros em pecado compartilharam da consternação; e, apesar de seu número, alegria e vinho, ficaram consternados e aterrorizados demais.
Comentário de Adam Clarke
Eles não podiam ler a escrita – porque estava no hebraico puro, não no caráter caldeu. Ver abaixo.
Comentário de E.W. Bullinger
o rei “s . Alguns códices leem ” Babylon “s” .
Comentário de John Calvin
Here Daniel relates how deceived the king was in his opinion, in hoping for any interpretation of the writing from either the magi or the astrologers, the Chaldeans or the soothsayers; for none of them could read it. Hence he pays here the punishment of his ingratitude in passing over God’s Prophet, while he knew he had predicted truth to his grandfather just as it had happened, as well as Daniel’s general excellence in wisdom, Hence the proofs of his calling were sufficiently numerous and trustworthy. Since, then, he had so despised God’s unparalleled benefit, he is destitute of counsel:, and sees himself call in vain upon all the Chaldeans and astrologers. For Daniel says, There was no one who could read the writing or reveal its interpretation to the king Because this seems absurd, many Rabbis have hazarded various conjectures. Some think the letters were transposed; others guess that they were changed into their counterparts and equivalents; and others think the char-actors were changed. But we have elsewhere shewn how bold the Jews are in their conjectures, whenever they have no certain guide. We do not require their guesses, because, very probably, the writing was visible to the king and concealed from all the Chaldeans, or else they were so blind that they could see nothing; just as God denounced against the Jews a stupor of this kind. We see what he pronounces, by Isaiah, ( Isaiah 29:0 : 11,) “Your law shall be like a. sealed book: If it shall be said to any one, ‘Read it,’ he shall say, ‘The book is sealed, I cannot:’ or the book may be opened and ye shall all become blind: even those who seem to be sharper than all others, shall say they are ignorant and unlettered men.” Whatever God threatened against the Jews we know was fulfilled, and is fulfilled to this day, since a veil is put before their eyes, as Paul says. ( 2 Corinthians 3:14 .) Hence they were blind in the midst of the brightest light. What wonder then if the same thing happened to the Chaldeans, so flint they could not read the writing? There is no necessity to conjecture any transposition of letters, or any inversion of their, order, or any change of one into another; for the word ??? , tekel, went first, and afterwards ??? , ??? Mena, Mena. These guesses then are frivolous; and thus much is certain, God wished the king to be made aware of his approaching destruction; next, his soul was moved, not with repentance, but only enough to render his sloth without excuse; and hence, whether willingly or not, he was compelled to send for some remedy, since he knew himself to be dealing with God.