Daniel 1:10

1:10 But he ¹  responded to Daniel, “I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided ²  your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age? ³  If that happened, ⁴  you would endanger my life ⁵  with the king!”

Daniel 11:17

11:17 His intention ⁶  will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. ⁷  He will give the king of the south ⁸  a daughter ⁹  in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.

Daniel 3:27

3:27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically ¹⁰  unharmed by the fire. ¹¹  The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!

¹ tn Heb “The overseer of the court officials.” The subject has been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

² tn Heb “assigned.” See v. 5.

³ tn Heb “Why should he see your faces thin from the young men who are according to your age?” The term translated “thin” occurs only here and in Gen 40:6, where it appears to refer to a dejected facial expression. The word is related to an Arabic root meaning “be weak.” See HALOT 277 s.v. II זעף.

⁴ tn The words “if that happened” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “my head.” Presumably this is an implicit reference to capital punishment (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although this is not entirely clear.

⁶ tn Heb “and he will set his face.” Cf. vv. 18, 19.

⁷ tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).

⁸ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”

¹¹ tn Aram “in their bodies.”

¹² tn Aram “the fire did not have power.”