Daniel 1:10

1:10 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 2:41

2:41 In that you were seeing feet and toes ⁶  partly of wet clay ⁷  and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay. ⁸ 

Daniel 8:3

8:3 I looked up ⁹  and saw ¹⁰  a ¹¹  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ¹²  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 8:5

8:5 While I was contemplating all this, ¹³  a male goat ¹⁴  was coming from the west over the surface of all the land ¹⁵  without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn ¹⁶  between its eyes.

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ¹⁷  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ¹⁸  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ¹⁹ 

there will be a period of seven weeks ²⁰  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ²¹  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

Daniel 10:12

10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ²²  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

[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.

[2:41]  ⁶ tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”

[2:41]  ⁷ tn Aram “potter’s clay.”

[2:41]  ⁸ tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).

[8:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

[8:3]  ¹² tn Heb “and behold.”

[8:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

[8:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

[8:5]  ¹⁶ tn The words “all this” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[8:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and behold, a he-goat of the goats.”

[8:5]  ¹⁸ tn Or “of the whole earth” (NAB, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[8:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “a horn of vision” [or “conspicuousness”], i.e., “a conspicuous horn,” one easily seen.

[9:25]  ²¹ tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

[9:25]  ²² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:25]  ²³ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

[9:25]  ²⁴ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

[9:25]  ²⁵ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[10:12]  ²⁶ tn Heb “gave your heart.”