Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 5:8

8 Then came in all the kings wise men, but they could not read the writing , nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.

The Rabbies say, it was not the Chaldee character, though the words were Chaldee, but the old Hebrew, Cananiti[illegible: 1 letter]h, Phoenician, and Samaritan Letters; or else because only the initial Letters, M. T. P. were written. But God reserved this honour for Daniel, and to him that he might have all the glory. Besides this interpretation was figurative, about weighing in a balance.