Daniel 3:13

3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in a fit of rage ¹  demanded that they bring ²  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him. So they brought them ³  before the king.

Daniel 5:3

5:3 So they brought the gold and silver ⁴  vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God ⁵  in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them.

Daniel 5:23

5:23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone – gods ⁶  that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control ⁷  your very breath and all your ways!

¹ tn Aram “in anger and wrath”; NASB “in rage and anger.” The expression is a hendiadys.

² tn The Aramaic infinitive is active.

³ tn Aram “these men.” The pronoun is used in the translation to avoid undue repetition.

⁴ tc The present translation reads וְכַסְפָּא (vÿkhaspa’, “and the silver”) with Theodotion and the Vulgate. Cf. v. 2. The form was probably accidentally dropped from the Aramaic text by homoioteleuton.

⁵ tn Aram “the temple of the house of God.” The phrase seems rather awkward. The Vulgate lacks “of the house of God,” while Theodotion and the Syriac lack “the house.”

⁷ tn Aram “which.”

⁸ tn Aram “in whose hand [are].”