Daniel 1:14

1:14 So the warden ¹  agreed to their proposal ²  and tested them for ten ³  days.

Daniel 1:12

1:12 “Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables to eat and water to drink.

Daniel 6:3

6:3 Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.

Daniel 11:32

11:32 Then with smooth words he will defile ⁴  those who have rejected ⁵  the covenant. But the people who are loyal to ⁶  their God will act valiantly. ⁷ 

Daniel 5:11

5:11 There is a man in your kingdom who has within him a spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, he proved to have ⁸  insight, discernment, and wisdom like that ⁹  of the gods. ¹⁰  King Nebuchadnezzar your father appointed him chief of the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners. ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the warden mentioned in v. 11) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “listened to them with regard to this matter.”

³ sn The number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number of completeness. Cf. v. 20; Zech 8:23; Rev 2:10.

⁴ tn Or “corrupt.”

⁵ tn Heb “acted wickedly toward.”

⁶ tn Heb “know.” The term “know” sometimes means “to recognize.” In relational contexts it can have the connotation “recognize the authority of, be loyal to,” as it does here.

⁷ sn This is an allusion to the Maccabean revolt, which struggled to bring about Jewish independence in the second century B.C.

⁷ tn Aram “[there were] discovered to be in him.”

⁸ tn Aram “wisdom like the wisdom.” This would be redundant in terms of English style.

⁹ tc Theodotion lacks the phrase “and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods.”

¹⁰ tc The MT includes a redundant reference to “your father the king” at the end of v. 11. None of the attempts to explain this phrase as original are very convincing. The present translation deletes the phrase, following Theodotion and the Syriac.