Daniel 4:32

4:32 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before ¹  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.”

Daniel 5:16

5:16 However, I have heard ²  that you are able to provide interpretations and to decipher knotty problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ³  ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 6:13

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ⁴  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ⁵ 

Daniel 3:12

3:12 But there are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego – and these men ⁶  have not shown proper respect to you, O king. They don’t serve your gods and they don’t pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”

Daniel 4:25

4:25 You will be driven ⁷  from human society, ⁸  and you will live ⁹  with the wild animals. You will be fed ¹⁰  grass like oxen, ¹¹  and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before ¹²  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

¹ tn Aram “until.”

² tn The Aramaic text has also the words “about you.”

³ tn Or perhaps “one of three rulers,” in the sense of becoming part of a triumvir. So also v. 29.

³ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

⁴ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

⁴ sn Daniel’s absence from this scene has sparked the imagination of commentators, some of whom have suggested that perhaps he was unable to attend the dedication due to sickness or due to being away on business. Hippolytus supposed that Daniel may have been watching from a distance.

⁵ tn The Aramaic indefinite active plural is used here like the English passive. So also in v. 28, 29,32.

⁶ tn Aram “from mankind.” So also in v. 32.

⁷ tn Aram “your dwelling will be.” So also in v. 32.

⁸ tn Or perhaps “be made to eat.”

⁹ sn Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity has features that are associated with the mental disorder known as boanthropy, in which the person so afflicted imagines himself to be an ox or a similar animal and behaves accordingly.

¹⁰ tn Aram “until.”