Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Daniel answered and said before the king,.... With great freedom, boldness, and intrepidity:
let thy gifts be to thyself; remain with thee; I neither want them, nor desire them; nor will I…
Barnes' Notes
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself - That is, “I do not desire them; I do not act from a hope of reward.” Daniel means undoubtedly to intimate that what he…
Adam Clarke
Let thy gifts be to thyself - They could be of little use to any, as the city was in a few hours to be taken and pillaged.
Here is, I. The information given to the king, by the queen-mother, concerning Daniel, how fit he was to be consulted in this difficult case. It is supposed that this queen was the widow of…
Cambridge Bible
Daniel rejects the proffered honours: he will read the writing; but he will do so quite irrespectively of any promises made to him by the heathen king.
before the king cf. on Dan 2:8.
rewards See the…
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