Daniel 2:3

2:3 The king told them, “I have had a dream, ¹  and I ²  am anxious to understand the dream.”

Daniel 7:15

An Angel Interprets Daniel’s Vision

7:15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed, ³  and the visions of my mind ⁴  were alarming me.

Daniel 7:2

7:2 Daniel explained: ⁵  “I was watching in my vision during the night as ⁶  the four winds of the sky ⁷  were stirring up the great sea. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “I have dreamed a dream” (so KJV, ASV).

² tn Heb “my spirit.”

³ tn The Aramaic text includes the phrase “in its sheath,” apparently viewing the body as a container or receptacle for the spirit somewhat like a sheath or scabbard is for a knife or a sword (cf. NAB “within its sheath of flesh”). For this phrase the LXX and Vulgate have “in these things.”

⁴ tn Aram “head.”

⁵ tn Aram “answered and said.”

⁶ tn Aram “and behold.”

⁷ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁸ sn The referent of the great sea is unclear. The common view that the expression refers to the Mediterranean Sea is conjectural.