Daniel 2:24

2:24 Then Daniel went in to see¹ Arioch (whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon). He came² and said to him, “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Escort me³ to the king, and I will disclose the interpretation to him!”⁴

Daniel 2:28

2:28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries,⁵ and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come.⁶ The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed⁷ are as follows.

Daniel 2:30

2:30 As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom⁸ than any other living person, but so that the king may understand⁹ the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind.¹⁰

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.¹¹ 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 all¹² heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes,¹³ 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 escorted¹⁴ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed¹⁵ by the leaping flames.¹⁶

Daniel 4:18

4:18 “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its¹⁷ interpretation, for none of the wise men in¹⁸ 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,¹⁹ as I was watching, another beast²⁰ like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back.²¹ This beast had four heads,²² and ruling authority was given to it.

¹tc The MT has עַל עַל (’al ’al, “he entered upon”). Several medieval Hebrew MSS lack the verb, although this may be due to haplography.

²tc The LXX and Vulgate, along with one medieval Hebrew MS, lack this verb.

³tn Aram “cause me to enter.” So also in v. 25.

⁴tn Aram “the king.”

⁵tn Aram “a revealer of mysteries.” The phrase serves as a quasi-title for God in Daniel.

⁶tn Aram “in the latter days.”

⁷tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.”

⁹tn Aram “not for any wisdom which is in me more than [in] any living man.”

¹⁰tn 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).

¹¹tn Aram “heart.”

¹³tn Aram “after this.”

¹⁷tn Aram “all the peoples.”

¹⁸tc 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.

²¹tn Aram “caused to go up.”

²²tn The Aramaic verb is active.

²³tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

²⁵tc 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.

²⁶tn Aram “of.”

²⁹tn Aram “this.” So also in v. 7.

³⁰tn Aram “and behold, another one.”

³¹tn Or “sides.”

³²sn 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.