Isaiah 63:5

63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;

I was shocked because there was no one offering support. ¹ 

So my right arm accomplished deliverance;

my raging anger drove me on. ² 

Daniel 2:10-11

2:10 The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, ³  for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man. 2:11 What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods – but they don’t live among mortals!” ⁴ 

Daniel 4:7-8

4:7 When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me. 4:8 Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, ⁵  and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well,

Daniel 5:8

5:8 So all the king’s wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its ⁶  interpretation to the king.

¹ sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.

² tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”

³ tn Aram “matter, thing.”

⁴ tn Aram “whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

⁵ sn This explanation of the meaning of the name Belteshazzar may be more of a paronomasia than a strict etymology.

⁶ tc Read וּפִשְׁרֵהּ (ufishreh) with the Qere rather than וּפִשְׁרָא (ufishra’) of the Kethib.