Daniel 1:19

1:19 When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group ¹  anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah. So they entered the king’s service. ² 

Daniel 8:4

8:4 I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal ³  was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. ⁴  It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly. ⁵ 

Daniel 9:6

9:6 We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority ⁶  to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, ⁷  and to all the inhabitants ⁸  of the land as well.

Daniel 9:10

9:10 We have not obeyed ⁹  the LORD our God by living according to ¹⁰  his laws ¹¹  that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

Daniel 9:14

9:14 The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just ¹²  in all he has done, ¹³  and we have not obeyed him. ¹⁴ 

Daniel 11:15

11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. ¹⁵  The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. ¹⁶  They will have no strength to prevail.

Daniel 11:21

11:21 “Then there will arise in his place a despicable person ¹⁷  to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit.

Daniel 11:27

11:27 These two kings, their minds ¹⁸  filled with evil intentions, will trade ¹⁹  lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

Daniel 11:38

11:38 What he will honor is a god of fortresses – a god his fathers did not acknowledge he will honor with gold, silver, valuable stones, and treasured commodities.

[1:19]  ¹ tn Heb “from all of them.”

[1:19]  ² tn Heb “stood before the king.”

[8:4]  ³ tn Or “beast” (NAB).

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

[8:4]  ⁵ 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.

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “in your name.” Another option is to translate, “as your representatives.”

[9:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “our fathers” (also in vv. 8, 16). The Hebrew term translated “father” can refer to more distant relationships such as grandfathers or ancestors.

[9:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “people.”

[9:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “paid attention to the voice of,” which is an idiomatic expression for obedience (cf. NASB “nor have we obeyed the voice of”).

[9:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[9:10]  ⁹ tc The LXX and Vulgate have the singular.

[9:14]  ⁹ tn Or “righteous.”

[9:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in all his deeds which he has done.”

[9:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “we have not listened to his voice.”

[11:15]  ¹¹ sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.

[11:15]  ¹² tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).

[11:21]  ¹³ sn This despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred is Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 175-164 B.C.).

[11:27]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.

[11:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “speak.”