Daniel 1:15

1:15 At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier ¹  than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies.

Daniel 2:13

2:13 So a decree went out, and the wise men were about ²  to be executed. They also sought ³  Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.

[1:15]  ¹ tn Heb “fat of flesh”; KJV, ASV “fatter in flesh”; NASB, NRSV “fatter” (although this is no longer a sign of health in Western culture).

[2:13]  ² tn The Aramaic participle is used here to express the imminent future.

[2:13]  ³ tn The impersonal active plural (“they sought”) of the Aramaic verb could also be translated as an English passive: “Daniel and his friends were sought” (cf. NAB).