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.
Ver. 17. Let thy gifts be to thyself.] Honours, pleasures, riches,
“ Haec tria pro trino numine mmadus habet. ”
But as Moses, by the force of his faith, overcame them all, Heb 11:24-27 so did Daniel here, throwing off the offers of them, and answering the king's proud speech with a grave invective, which he beginneth somewhat abruptly, not without indignation, as having to deal with a wicked and desperate man, rejected of God. Ministers must carry in them a retired majesty, saith one, toward the persons of wicked men. 2Ki 3:14