5:22 “But you, his son 3 Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, 4 although you knew all this.
4:18 “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its 8 interpretation, for none of the wise men in 9 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.”
5:13 So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the captives of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?
2:29 “As for you, O king, while you were in your bed your thoughts turned to future things. 10 The revealer of mysteries has made known to you what will take place.
2:31 “You, O king, were watching as a great statue – one 11 of impressive size and extraordinary brightness – was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm.
2:37 “You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.
1 sn Much of modern scholarship views this chapter as a distortion of traditions that were originally associated with Nabonidus rather than with Nebuchadnezzar. A Qumran text, the Prayer of Nabonidus, is often cited for parallels to these events.
2 tn Or “royal greatness and majestic honor,” if the four terms are understood as a double hendiadys.
3 tn Or “descendant”; or “successor.”
4 tn Aram “your heart.”
4 tn Aram “the sons of man.”
5 tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”
6 tn Aram “hand.”
5 tc The present translation reads פִּשְׁרֵהּ (pishreh, “its interpretation”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
6 tn Aram “of.”
6 tn Aram “your thoughts upon your bed went up to what will be after this.”
7 tn Aram “an image.”