Daniel 1:17

1:17 Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom – and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

Daniel 8:1

Daniel Has a Vision of a Goat and a Ram

8:1 ¹ In the third year ²  of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously. ³ 

Daniel 8:15

An Angel Interprets Daniel’s Vision

8:15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.

Daniel 8:17

8:17 So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. ⁴  Then he said to me, “Understand, son of man, ⁵  that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

Daniel 8:26

8:26 The vision of the evenings and mornings that was told to you is correct. ⁶  But you should seal up the vision, for it refers to a time many days from now.”

Daniel 9:21

9:21 yes, while I was still praying, ⁷  the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously ⁸  in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, ⁹  around the time of the evening offering.

Daniel 11:14

11:14 “In those times many will oppose ¹⁰  the king of the south. ¹¹  Those who are violent ¹²  among your own people will rise up in confirmation of ¹³  the vision, but they will falter.

[8:1]  ¹ sn Dan 8:1 marks the switch from Aramaic (= 2:4b-7:28) back to Hebrew as the language in which the book is written in its present form. The remainder of the book from this point on (8:1-12:13) is in Hebrew. The bilingual nature of the book has been variously explained, but it most likely has to do with the book’s transmission history.

[8:1]  ² sn The third year of King Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 551 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 69 years old at the time of this vision.

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “in the beginning.” This refers to the vision described in chapter seven.

[8:17]  ¹ tn Heb “on my face.”

[8:17]  ² tn Or “human one.”

[8:26]  ¹ tn Heb “truth.”

[9:21]  ¹ tn Heb “speaking in prayer.”

[9:21]  ² tn Heb “in the beginning.”

[9:21]  ³ tn The Hebrew expression בִּיעָף מֻעָף (mu’af bi’af) is very difficult. The issue is whether the verb derives from עוּף (’uf, “to fly”) or from יָעַף (ya’af, “to be weary”). Many ancient versions and modern commentators take the first of these possibilities and understand the reference to be to the swift flight of the angel Gabriel in his coming to Daniel. The words more likely refer to the extreme weariness, not of the angel, but of Daniel. Cf. 7:28; 8:27; 10:8-9, 16-17; also NASB.

[11:14]  ¹ tn Heb “stand against.”

[11:14]  ² sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181 B.C.).

[11:14]  ³ tn Heb “sons of violence.” “Son(s) is sometimes used idiomatically in Hebrew to indicate that someone is characterized by a certain quality. So the expression “sons of violence” means that these individuals will be characterized by violent deeds.

[11:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “to cause to stand.”