Daniel 2:10

2:10 The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, ¹  for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.

Daniel 2:24

2:24 Then Daniel went in to see ²  Arioch (whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon). He came ³  and said to him, “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Escort me ⁴  to the king, and I will disclose the interpretation to him!” ⁵ 

Daniel 2:28

2:28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, ⁶  and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. ⁷  The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed ⁸  are as follows.

Daniel 2:30

2:30 As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom ⁹  than any other living person, but so that the king may understand ¹⁰  the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind. ¹¹ 

Daniel 2:45

2:45 You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future. ¹²  The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable.”

Daniel 2:47

2:47 The king replied to Daniel, “Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!”

Daniel 3:7

3:7 Therefore when they all ¹³  heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, ¹⁴  and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations, and language groups began bowing down and paying homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected.

Daniel 3:22

3:22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted ¹⁵  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed ¹⁶  by the leaping flames. ¹⁷ 

Daniel 4:18

4:18 “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its ¹⁸  interpretation, for none of the wise men in ¹⁹  my kingdom are able to make known to me the interpretation. But you can do so, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

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 7:6

7:6 “After these things, ²⁰  as I was watching, another beast ²¹  like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. ²²  This beast had four heads, ²³  and ruling authority was given to it.

¹ tn Aram “matter, thing.”

² tc The MT has עַל עַל (’al ’al, “he entered upon”). Several medieval Hebrew MSS lack the verb, although this may be due to haplography.

³ tc The LXX and Vulgate, along with one medieval Hebrew MS, lack this verb.

⁴ tn Aram “cause me to enter.” So also in v. 25.

⁵ tn Aram “the king.”

³ tn Aram “a revealer of mysteries.” The phrase serves as a quasi-title for God in Daniel.

⁴ tn Aram “in the latter days.”

⁵ tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.”

⁴ tn Aram “not for any wisdom which is in me more than [in] any living man.”

⁵ tn Aram “they might cause the king to know.” The impersonal plural is used here to refer to the role of God’s spirit in revealing the dream and its interpretation to the king. As J. A. Montgomery says, “it appropriately here veils the mysterious agency” (Daniel [ICC], 164-65).

⁶ tn Aram “heart.”

⁵ tn Aram “after this.”

⁶ tn Aram “all the peoples.”

⁷ tc Though not in the Aramaic text of BHS, this word appears in many medieval Hebrew MSS, some LXX MSS, and Vulgate. Cf. vv. 5, 10, 15.

⁷ tn Aram “caused to go up.”

⁸ tn The Aramaic verb is active.

⁹ tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

⁸ tc The present translation reads פִּשְׁרֵהּ (pishreh, “its interpretation”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew MSS; the Kethib is פִּשְׁרָא (pishra’, “the interpretation”); so also v. 16.

⁹ tn Aram “of.”

⁹ tn Aram “this.” So also in v. 7.

¹⁰ tn Aram “and behold, another one.”

¹¹ tn Or “sides.”

¹² sn If the third animal is Greece, the most likely identification of these four heads is the four-fold division of the empire of Alexander the Great following his death. See note on Dan 8:8.