Daniel 5:9

"Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation."

Key Reflection

This passage highlights the limitations of human wisdom in the face of divine revelation. The inability of the king's wise men to decipher the writing underscores that true understanding comes not through earthly knowledge but through divine intervention, setting the stage for Daniel’s role as a vessel of God's wisdom.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled -Not doubting that this was a Divine intimation of some fearful event, and yet unable to understand its meaning. We are quite as likely to be troubled by what is merely “mysterious” in regard to the future - by anything that gives us some undefined foreboding - as we are by what is really formidable when we know what it is.

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