2:22 he reveals deep and hidden things.
He knows what is in the darkness,
and light resides with him.
“Let the name of God 2 be praised 3 forever and ever,
for wisdom and power belong to him.
2:21 He changes times and seasons,
deposing some kings
and establishing others. 4
He gives wisdom to the wise;
he imparts knowledge to those with understanding; 5
7:24 The ten horns
mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom.
Another king will arise after them,
but he will be different from the earlier ones.
He will humiliate 8 three kings.
6:10 When Daniel realized 22 that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows 23 in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. 24 Three 25 times daily he was 26 kneeling 27 and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
“For he is the living God;
he endures forever.
His kingdom will not be destroyed;
his authority is forever. 28
7:7 “After these things, as I was watching in the night visions 29 a fourth beast appeared – one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. 30 It had two large rows 31 of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.
1 tn Aram “Daniel answered and said.”
2 sn As is often the case in the Bible, here the name represents the person.
3 tn Or “blessed.”
1 tn Aram “kings.”
2 tn Aram “the knowers of understanding.”
1 tn Aram “house.”
2 tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”
1 tn Or “subjugate”; KJV, NASB, NIV “subdue”; ASV, NRSV “put down.”
1 tn Aram “one is your law,” i.e., only one thing is applicable to you.
2 tn Aram “a lying and corrupt word.”
3 tn Aram “I will know.”
1 tn Aram “a revealer of mysteries.” The phrase serves as a quasi-title for God in Daniel.
2 tn Aram “in the latter days.”
3 tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.”
1 tn Aram “looking to find.”
2 tn Aram “from the side of the kingdom.”
3 tn Aram “pretext and corruption.”
4 tn Aram “no negligence or corruption was found in him.” The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the phrase “and no negligence or corruption was found in him.”
1 tn Aram “said.” So also in vv. 24, 25.
2 sn The den was perhaps a pit below ground level which could be safely observed from above.
3 tn Aram “answered and said [to Daniel].”
1 tn Aram “knew.”
2 sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.
3 map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.
5 tc Read with several medieval Hebrew
6 tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).
1 tn Aram “until the end.”
1 tn The Aramaic text has also “and behold.” So also in vv. 8, 13.
2 sn The fourth animal differs from the others in that it is nondescript. Apparently it was so fearsome that Daniel could find nothing with which to compare it. Attempts to identify this animal as an elephant or other known creature are conjectural.
3 tn The Aramaic word for “teeth” is dual rather than plural, suggesting two rows of teeth.
1 tn Aram “hand.” So also in v. 17.