Discovery BoxDaniel 1:10
Context1:10 But he 1 responded to Daniel, “I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided 2 your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age? 3 If that happened, 4 you would endanger my life 5 with the king!”
Daniel 11:17
Context11:17 His intention 6 will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. 7 He will give the king of the south 8 a daughter 9 in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.
Daniel 3:27
Context3:27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically 10 unharmed by the fire. 11 The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!
[1:10] 1 tn Heb “The overseer of the court officials.” The subject has been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.
[1:10] 2 tn Heb “assigned.” See v. 5.
[1:10] 3 tn Heb “Why should he see your faces thin from the young men who are according to your age?” The term translated “thin” occurs only here and in Gen 40:6, where it appears to refer to a dejected facial expression. The word is related to an Arabic root meaning “be weak.” See HALOT 277 s.v. II זעף.
[1:10] 4 tn The words “if that happened” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.
[1:10] 5 tn Heb “my head.” Presumably this is an implicit reference to capital punishment (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although this is not entirely clear.
[11:17] 6 tn Heb “and he will set his face.” Cf. vv. 18, 19.
[11:17] 7 tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).
[11:17] 8 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[11:17] 9 tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”
