“‘To you!
O king!
As you lay in bed,
Thoughts came
Of what would be
Hereafter.
The revealer
Of the mysteries
Disclosed to you
What is to be.
But as for me,
This mystery
Has not been revealed
To me,
Because of any wisdom
That I have
More than any other living being.
But rather
That the interpretation
May be made known
To the king.
Thus,
You may understand
The thoughts
Of your mind.’”
Daniel addressed the king directly. As the king was laying in his bed, these thoughts from the revealer of all mysteries were disclosed to him. Now Daniel was not any wiser than anyone else, but God had revealed to him this mystery. Thus, the interpretation of the king’s dreams might be made known to him. The king then could understand his own thoughts.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 