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 8:3

8:3 I looked up ⁶  and saw ⁷  a ⁸  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ⁹  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 8:7

8:7 I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram ¹⁰  and struck it ¹¹  and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. ¹²  The goat hurled the ram ¹³  to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power. ¹⁴ 

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ¹⁵  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ¹⁶  and the city called by your name. ¹⁷  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ¹⁸  but because your compassion is abundant.

Daniel 10:8

10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ¹⁹  me, and my vigor disappeared; ²⁰  I was without energy. ²¹ 

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 “lifted my eyes.”

⁷ tn Heb “and behold.”

⁸ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

⁹ tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

¹¹ tn Heb “him.”

¹² tn Heb “the ram.”

¹³ tn Heb “stand before him.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “he hurled him.” The referents of both pronouns (the male goat and the ram) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ sn The goat of Daniel’s vision represents Greece; the large horn represents Alexander the Great. The ram stands for Media-Persia. Alexander’s rapid conquest of the Persians involved three battles of major significance which he won against overwhelming odds: Granicus (334 B.C.), Isus (333 B.C.), and Gaugemela (331 B.C.).

¹⁶ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

¹⁸ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

¹⁹ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

²¹ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

²² tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

²³ tn Heb “strength.”