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 7:5

7:5 “Then ²  a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs ³  in its mouth between its teeth. ⁴  It was told, ⁵  ‘Get up and devour much flesh!’

[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).

[7:5]  ² tn Aram “and behold.”

[7:5]  ³ sn The three ribs held securely in the mouth of the bear, perhaps representing Media-Persia, apparently symbolize military conquest, but the exact identity of the “ribs” is not clear. Possibly it is a reference to the Persian conquest of Lydia, Egypt, and Babylonia.

[7:5]  ⁴ tc The LXX lacks the phrase “between its teeth.”

[7:5]  ⁵ tn Aram “and thus they were saying to it.”