1 tn Heb “on my face.”
2 tn Or “human one.”
3 tn Heb “truth.”
5 tn Or “righteous.”
6 tn Heb “in all his deeds which he has done.”
7 tn Heb “we have not listened to his voice.”
7 tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.
9 tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”
10 tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).
11 tn Heb “treasured man.”
12 tn Heb “my lord may speak.”
13 tn Heb “a book of truth.” Several English versions treat this as a title of some sort (cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although the NAB’s rendering “the truthful book” regards “truth” as an attributive adjective, as does the present translation.
14 tn The word “princes” is supplied for clarity.
15 tn The pronoun is plural in Hebrew, suggesting that Michael is the angelic prince of Daniel and his people.
15 tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.
16 tn Heb “speak.”
17 tn Heb “consider.”
18 tn Heb “[the one] desired by women.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.