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 2:38

2:38 Wherever human beings, ²  wild animals, ³  and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. ⁴  He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.

Daniel 2:43

2:43 And ⁵  in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed ⁶  with one another ⁷  without adhering to one another, just as ⁸  iron does not mix with clay.

Daniel 3:10

3:10 You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.

Daniel 4:33

4:33 Now in that very moment ⁹  this pronouncement about ¹⁰  Nebuchadnezzar came true. ¹¹  He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws. ¹² 

Daniel 5:5

5:5 At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared ¹³  and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. ¹⁴  The king was watching the back ¹⁵  of the hand that was writing.

Daniel 7:8

7:8 “As I was contemplating the horns, another horn – a small one – came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. ¹⁶  This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant ¹⁷  things.

Daniel 5:7

5:7 The king called out loudly ¹⁸  to summon ¹⁹  the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed ²⁰  to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple ²¹  and have a golden collar ²²  placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 6:7

6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays ²³  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

¹ tn Aram “matter, thing.”

² tn Aram “the sons of man.”

³ tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”

⁴ tn Aram “hand.”

³ tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew MSS, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.

⁴ sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.

⁵ tn Aram “with the seed of men.”

⁶ tc The present translation reads הֵיךְ דִּי (hekh diy) rather than the MT הֵא־כְדִי (he’-khÿdi). It is a case of wrong word division.

⁴ tn Aram “hour.”

⁵ tn Or “on.”

⁶ tn Aram “was fulfilled.”

⁷ tn The words “feathers” and “claws” are not present in the Aramaic text, but have been added in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Aram “came forth.”

⁶ sn The mention of the lampstand in this context is of interest because it suggests that the writing was in clear view.

⁷ tn While Aramaic פַּס (pas) can mean the palm of the hand, here it seems to be the back of the hand that is intended.

⁶ tn Aram “were uprooted from before it.”

⁷ tn Aram “great.” So also in vv. 11, 20.

⁷ tn Aram “in strength.”

⁸ tn Aram “cause to enter.”

⁹ tn Aram “answered and said.”

¹⁰ sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

¹¹ tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).

⁸ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”