Daniel 2:8

2:8 The king replied, “I know for sure that you are attempting to gain time, because you see that my decision is firm.

Daniel 5:14

5:14 I have heard about you, how there is a spirit of the gods in you, and how you have 1  insight, discernment, and extraordinary wisdom.

Daniel 8:1

Daniel Has a Vision of a Goat and a Ram

8:1 2 In the third year 3  of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously. 4 

Daniel 8:19

8:19 Then he said, “I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision 5  pertains to the appointed time of the end.

1 tn Aram “there has been found in you.”

1 sn Dan 8:1 marks the switch from Aramaic (= 2:4b-7:28) back to Hebrew as the language in which the book is written in its present form. The remainder of the book from this point on (8:1-12:13) is in Hebrew. The bilingual nature of the book has been variously explained, but it most likely has to do with the book’s transmission history.

2 sn The third year of King Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 551 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 69 years old at the time of this vision.

3 tn Heb “in the beginning.” This refers to the vision described in chapter seven.

1 tn The Hebrew text does not actually state the referent (the vision Daniel saw in vv. 8-12; cf. also v. 13), which has been specified in the translation for clarity. Some Greek witnesses add “the vision” here.