Kejadian 40:8

40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams, ¹  but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them ²  to me.”

Ayub 12:22

12:22 He reveals the deep things of darkness,

and brings deep shadows ³  into the light.

Daniel 5:11

5:11 There is a man in your kingdom who has within him a spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, he proved to have ⁴  insight, discernment, and wisdom like that ⁵  of the gods. ⁶  King Nebuchadnezzar your father appointed him chief of the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners. ⁷ 

Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar Sees Mysterious Handwriting on a Wall

5:1 King Belshazzar ⁸  prepared a great banquet ⁹  for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of ¹⁰  them all. ¹¹ 

1 Korintus 2:10

2:10 God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

¹ tn Heb “a dream we dreamed.”

² tn The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn The Hebrew word is traditionally rendered “shadow of death” (so KJV, ASV); see comments at Job 3:3.

⁴ tn Aram “[there were] discovered to be in him.”

⁵ tn Aram “wisdom like the wisdom.” This would be redundant in terms of English style.

⁶ tc Theodotion lacks the phrase “and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods.”

⁷ tc The MT includes a redundant reference to “your father the king” at the end of v. 11. None of the attempts to explain this phrase as original are very convincing. The present translation deletes the phrase, following Theodotion and the Syriac.

⁸ sn As is clear from the extra-biblical records, it was actually Nabonidus (ca. 556-539 B.C.) who was king of Babylon at this time. However, Nabonidus spent long periods of time at Teima, and during those times Belshazzar his son was de facto king of Babylon. This arrangement may help to explain why later in this chapter Belshazzar promises that the successful interpreter of the handwriting on the wall will be made third ruler in the kingdom. If Belshazzar was in effect second ruler in the kingdom, this would be the highest honor he could grant.

⁹ sn This scene of a Babylonian banquet calls to mind a similar grandiose event recorded in Esth 1:3-8. Persian kings were also renowned in the ancient Near Eastern world for their lavish banquets.

¹⁰ sn The king probably sat at an elevated head table.

¹¹ tn Aram “the thousand.”