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 4:10

4:10 Here are the visions of my mind ⁵  while I was on my bed.

While I was watching,

there was a tree in the middle of the land. ⁶ 

It was enormously tall. ⁷ 

Daniel 4:30

4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence ⁸  by my own mighty strength ⁹  and for my majestic honor?”

Daniel 8:4

8:4 I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal ¹⁰  was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. ¹¹  It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly. ¹² 

Daniel 10:6

10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper, ¹³  and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; ¹⁴  his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice ¹⁵  thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

[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.”

[4:10]  ⁵ tc The LXX lacks the first two words (Aram “the visions of my head”) of the Aramaic text.

[4:10]  ⁶ tn Instead of “in the middle of the land,” some English versions render this phrase “a tree at the center of the earth” (NRSV); NAB, CEV “of the world”; NLT “in the middle of the earth.” The Hebrew phrase can have either meaning.

[4:10]  ⁷ tn Aram “its height was great.”

[4:30]  ⁹ tn Aram “house.”

[4:30]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”

[8:4]  ¹³ tn Or “beast” (NAB).

[8:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “hand.” So also in v. 7.

[8:4]  ¹⁵ tn In the Hiphil the Hebrew verb גָּדַל (gadal, “to make great; to magnify”) can have either a positive or a negative sense. For the former, used especially of God, see Ps 126:2, 3; Joel 2:21. In this chapter (8:4, 8, 11, 25) the word has a pejorative sense, describing the self-glorification of this king. The sense seems to be that of vainly assuming one’s own superiority through deliberate hubris.

[10:6]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew word translated “yellow jasper” is תַּרשִׁישׁ (tarshish); it appears to be a semiprecious stone, but its exact identity is somewhat uncertain. It may be the yellow jasper, although this is conjectural. Cf. NAB, NIV “chrysolite”; NASB, NRSV “beryl.”

[10:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “torches of fire.”

[10:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).