Daniel 1:13

1:13 Then compare our appearance ¹  with that of ²  the young men who are eating the royal delicacies; ³  deal with us ⁴  in light of what you see.”

Daniel 2:25

2:25 So Arioch quickly ushered Daniel into the king’s presence, saying to him, “I ⁵  have found a man from the captives of Judah who can make known the interpretation to the king.”

Daniel 4:26

4:26 They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven ⁶  rules.

Daniel 5:5

5:5 At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared ⁷  and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. ⁸  The king was watching the back ⁹  of the hand that was writing.

Daniel 6:13

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ¹⁰  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ¹¹ 

Daniel 7:14

7:14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty.

All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving ¹²  him.

His authority is eternal and will not pass away. ¹³ 

His kingdom will not be destroyed. ¹⁴ 

Daniel 8:2

8:2 In this ¹⁵  vision I saw myself in Susa ¹⁶  the citadel, ¹⁷  which is located in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw myself at the Ulai Canal. ¹⁸ 

Daniel 8:5

8:5 While I was contemplating all this, ¹⁹  a male goat ²⁰  was coming from the west over the surface of all the land ²¹  without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn ²²  between its eyes.

Daniel 8:27

8:27 I, Daniel, was exhausted ²³  and sick for days. Then I got up and again carried out the king’s business. But I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain it.

Daniel 10:13

10:13 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia was opposing me for twenty-one days. But ²⁴  Michael, one of the leading princes, came to help me, because I was left there ²⁵  with the kings of Persia.

Daniel 10:19

10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ²⁶  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ²⁷  for you have given me strength.”

Daniel 11:28

11:28 Then the king of the north ²⁸  will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land.

[1:13]  ¹ tn Heb “let our appearance be seen before you.”

[1:13]  ² tn Heb “the appearance of.”

[1:13]  ³ tn Heb “delicacies of the king.” So also in v. 15.

[1:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “your servants.”

[2:25]  ⁵ sn Arioch’s claim is self-serving and exaggerated. It is Daniel who came to him, and not the other way around. By claiming to have found one capable of solving the king’s dilemma, Arioch probably hoped to ingratiate himself to the king.

[4:26]  ⁹ sn The reference to heaven here is a circumlocution for God. There was a tendency in Jewish contexts to avoid direct reference to God. Cf. the expression “kingdom of heaven” in the NT and such statements as “I have sinned against heaven and in your sight” (Luke 15:21).

[5:5]  ¹³ tn Aram “came forth.”

[5:5]  ¹⁴ sn The mention of the lampstand in this context is of interest because it suggests that the writing was in clear view.

[5:5]  ¹⁵ tn While Aramaic פַּס (pas) can mean the palm of the hand, here it seems to be the back of the hand that is intended.

[6:13]  ¹⁷ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

[6:13]  ¹⁸ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

[7:14]  ²¹ tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.”

[7:14]  ²² tn Aram “is an eternal authority which will not pass away.”

[7:14]  ²³ tn Aram “is one which will not be destroyed.”

[8:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the.”

[8:2]  ²⁶ sn Susa (Heb. שׁוּשַׁן, shushan), located some 230 miles (380 km) east of Babylon, was a winter residence for Persian kings during the Achaemenid period. The language of v. 2 seems to suggest that Daniel may not have been physically present at Susa, but only saw himself there in the vision. However, the Hebrew is difficult, and some have concluded that the first four words of v. 2 in the MT are a later addition (cf. Theodotion).

[8:2]  ²⁷ tn The Hebrew word בִּירָה (birah, “castle, palace”) usually refers to a fortified structure within a city, but here it is in apposition to the city name Susa and therefore has a broader reference to the entire city (against this view, however, see BDB 108 s.v. 2). Cf. NAB “the fortress of Susa”; TEV “the walled city of Susa.”

[8:2]  ²⁸ tn The term אוּבַל (’uval = “stream, river”) is a relatively rare word in biblical Hebrew, found only here and in vv. 3 and 6. The Ulai was apparently a sizable artificial canal in Susa (cf. NASB, NIV, NCV), and not a river in the ordinary sense of that word.

[8:5]  ²⁹ tn The words “all this” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[8:5]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and behold, a he-goat of the goats.”

[8:5]  ³¹ tn Or “of the whole earth” (NAB, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[8:5]  ³² tn Heb “a horn of vision” [or “conspicuousness”], i.e., “a conspicuous horn,” one easily seen.

[8:27]  ³³ tn The Hebrew word here is נִהְיֵיתִי (nihyetiy). Its meaning is not entirely clear. Hebrew הָיָה (hayah) normally has meanings such as “to be” or “become.” Here, however, it describes Daniel’s emotional and physical response to the enigmatic vision that he has seen. It is parallel to the following verb, which refers to illness, and seems to refer to a state of utter exhaustion due to the amazing things that Daniel has just seen. The LXX lacks the word. On the meaning of the word see further, BDB 227-28 s.v. הָיָה Niph.2; DCH 2:540 s.v. היה I Ni.3.

[10:13]  ³⁷ tn Heb “and behold.”

[10:13]  ³⁸ tc The Greek version of Theodotion reads “I left him [i.e., Michael] there,” and this is followed by a number of English translations (cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT).

[10:19]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “treasured man.”

[10:19]  ⁴² tn Heb “my lord may speak.”

[11:28]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.