Daniel 6:4

6:4 Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find ¹  some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. ²  But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, ³  because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. ⁴ 

Daniel 4:17

4:17 This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels;

this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones,

so that ⁵  those who are alive may understand

that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, ⁶ 

and he bestows them on whomever he wishes.

He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

Daniel 8:3

8:3 I looked up ⁷  and saw ⁸  a ⁹  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ¹⁰  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 5:21

5:21 He was driven from human society, his mind ¹¹  was changed to that of an animal, he lived ¹²  with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

¹ tn Aram “looking to find.”

² tn Aram “from the side of the kingdom.”

³ tn Aram “pretext and corruption.”

⁴ tn Aram “no negligence or corruption was found in him.” The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the phrase “and no negligence or corruption was found in him.”

⁵ tc The present translation follows an underlying reading of עַל־דִּבְרַת (’al-divrat, “so that”) rather than MT עַד־דִּבְרַת (’ad-divrat, “until”).

⁶ tn Aram “the kingdom of man”; NASB “the realm of mankind”; NCV “every kingdom on earth.”

⁹ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and behold.”

¹¹ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

¹² tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

¹³ tn Aram “heart.”

¹⁴ tn Aram “his dwelling.”