Daniel 3:20

3:20 He ordered strong ¹  soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.

Daniel 3:4

3:4 Then the herald ²  made a loud ³  proclamation: “To you, O peoples, nations, and language groups, the following command is given: ⁴ 

Daniel 4:14

4:14 He called out loudly ⁵  as follows: ⁶ 

‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches!

Strip off its foliage

and scatter its fruit!

Let the animals flee from under it

and the birds from its branches!

Daniel 4:35

4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. ⁷ 

He does as he wishes with the army of heaven

and with those who inhabit the earth.

No one slaps ⁸  his hand

and says to him, ‘What have you done?’

Daniel 5:7

5:7 The king called out loudly ⁹  to summon ¹⁰  the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed ¹¹  to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple ¹²  and have a golden collar ¹³  placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

¹ tn This is sometimes taken as a comparative: “[some of the] strongest.”

² tn According to BDB 1097 s.v. כָּרוֹז the Aramaic word used here is a Greek loanword, but other scholars have argued instead for a Persian derivation (HALOT 1902 s.v. *כָּרוֹז).

³ tn Aram “in strength.”

⁴ tn Aram “they are saying.”

³ tn Aram “in strength.”

⁴ tn Aram “and thus he was saying.”

⁴ tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than כְּלָה (kÿlah) of BHS.

⁵ tn Aram “strikes against.”

⁵ tn Aram “in strength.”

⁶ tn Aram “cause to enter.”

⁷ tn Aram “answered and said.”

⁸ sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

⁹ tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).