Daniel 2:2

2:2 The king issued an order ¹  to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men ²  in order to explain his dreams to him. ³  So they came and awaited the king’s instructions. ⁴ 

Daniel 2:38

2:38 Wherever human beings, ⁵  wild animals, ⁶  and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. ⁷  He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.

Daniel 4:30

4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence ⁸  by my own mighty strength ⁹  and for my majestic honor?”

Daniel 7:10

7:10 A river of fire was streaming forth

and proceeding from his presence.

Many thousands were ministering to him;

Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. ¹⁰ 

The court convened ¹¹ 

and the books were opened.

Daniel 8:4

8:4 I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal ¹²  was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. ¹³  It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly. ¹⁴ 

Daniel 9:13

9:13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify ¹⁵  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ¹⁶  from your reliable moral standards. ¹⁷ 

Daniel 11:10

11:10 His sons ¹⁸  will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s ¹⁹  fortress. ²⁰ 

Daniel 11:16

11:16 The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power. ²¹ 

¹ tn Heb “said.” So also in v. 12.

² tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The term Chaldeans (Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּים, kasdim) is used in the book of Daniel both in an ethnic sense and, as here, to refer to a caste of Babylonian wise men and astrologers.

³ tn Heb “to explain to the king his dreams.”

⁴ tn Heb “stood before the king.”

⁵ tn Aram “the sons of man.”

⁶ tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”

⁷ tn Aram “hand.”

⁹ tn Aram “house.”

¹⁰ tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”

¹³ tn Aram “were standing before him.”

¹⁴ tn Aram “judgment sat.”

¹⁷ tn Or “beast” (NAB).

¹⁸ tn Heb “hand.” So also in v. 7.

¹⁹ tn In the Hiphil the Hebrew verb גָּדַל (gadal, “to make great; to magnify”) can have either a positive or a negative sense. For the former, used especially of God, see Ps 126:2, 3; Joel 2:21. In this chapter (8:4, 8, 11, 25) the word has a pejorative sense, describing the self-glorification of this king. The sense seems to be that of vainly assuming one’s own superiority through deliberate hubris.

²¹ tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

²² tn Or “by gaining insight.”

²³ tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law. See vv 10-11.

²⁵ sn The sons of Seleucus II Callinicus were Seleucus III Ceraunus (ca. 227-223 B.C.) and Antiochus III the Great (ca. 223-187 B.C.).

²⁶ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the enemy of the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁷ tn Heb “and he will certainly come and overflow and cross over and return and be aroused unto a fortress.” The translation has attempted to simplify the syntax of this difficult sequence.

²⁹ tn Heb “hand.”