Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Daniel 5:16
And I have heard of thee ... - Daniel 5:11.
Canst make interpretations - Margin, "interpret." Chaldee, "interpret interpretations." The meaning is, that he was skilled in interpreting or explaining dreams, omens, etc.
And dissolve doubts - See the notes at Daniel 5:12.
Now, if thou canst read the writing ... thou shalt be clothed with scarlet ... - This was the reward which at the first he had promised to any one that was able to do it, and as all others had failed, he was willing that it should be offered to a Jew.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Daniel 5:16:
Daniel 2:22
Daniel 5:29
1 Corinthians 2:13
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