Daniel 1:5

1:5 So the king assigned them a daily ration ¹  from his royal delicacies ²  and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained ³  for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service. ⁴ 

Daniel 1:13

1:13 Then compare our appearance ⁵  with that of ⁶  the young men who are eating the royal delicacies; ⁷  deal with us ⁸  in light of what you see.”

Daniel 1:19

1:19 When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group ⁹  anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah. So they entered the king’s service. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 2:2

2:2 The king issued an order ¹¹  to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men ¹²  in order to explain his dreams to him. ¹³  So they came and awaited the king’s instructions. ¹⁴ 

Daniel 8:4

8:4 I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal ¹⁵  was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. ¹⁶  It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly. ¹⁷ 

Daniel 8:6

8:6 It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength. ¹⁸ 

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. ¹⁹  Then he said to me, “Understand, son of man, ²⁰  that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

Daniel 9:10

9:10 We have not obeyed ²¹  the LORD our God by living according to ²²  his laws ²³  that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

Daniel 9:17

9:17 “So now, our God, accept ²⁴  the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to ²⁵  your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. ²⁶ 

Daniel 9:20

Gabriel Gives to Daniel a Prophecy of Seventy Weeks

9:20 While I was still speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my request before the LORD my God concerning his holy mountain ²⁷  –

Daniel 10:6

10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper, ²⁸  and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; ²⁹  his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice ³⁰  thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

Daniel 11:18

11:18 Then he will turn his attention ³¹  to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander ³²  will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition, ³³  he will make him pay for his shameful conduct. ³⁴ 

[1:5]  ¹ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

[1:5]  ² tn Heb “from the delicacies of the king.”

[1:5]  ³ tn Or “educated.” See HALOT 179 s.v. I גדל.

[1:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “stand before the king.”

[1:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “let our appearance be seen before you.”

[1:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “the appearance of.”

[1:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “delicacies of the king.” So also in v. 15.

[1:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “your servants.”

[1:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “from all of them.”

[1:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “stood before the king.”

[2:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “said.” So also in v. 12.

[2:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The term Chaldeans (Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּים, kasdim) is used in the book of Daniel both in an ethnic sense and, as here, to refer to a caste of Babylonian wise men and astrologers.

[2:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to explain to the king his dreams.”

[2:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “stood before the king.”

[8:4]  ¹⁷ tn Or “beast” (NAB).

[8:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “hand.” So also in v. 7.

[8:4]  ¹⁹ 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.

[8:6]  ²¹ tn Heb “the wrath of its strength.”

[8:17]  ²⁵ tn Heb “on my face.”

[8:17]  ²⁶ tn Or “human one.”

[9:10]  ²⁹ 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]  ³⁰ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[9:10]  ³¹ tc The LXX and Vulgate have the singular.

[9:17]  ³³ tn Heb “hear.” Here the verb refers to hearing favorably, accepting the prayer and responding positively.

[9:17]  ³⁴ tn Heb “let your face shine.” This idiom pictures God smiling in favor. See Pss 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19.

[9:17]  ³⁵ tn Heb “for the sake of my Lord.” Theodotion has “for your sake.” Cf. v. 19.

[9:20]  ³⁷ tn Heb “the holy mountain of my God.”

[10:6]  ⁴¹ 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]  ⁴² tn Heb “torches of fire.”

[10:6]  ⁴³ tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).

[11:18]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “his face.” See v. 19 as well.

[11:18]  ⁴⁶ sn The commander is probably the Roman commander, Lucius Cornelius Scipio.

[11:18]  ⁴⁷ tn The Hebrew here is difficult in that the negative בִּלְתִּי (biltiy, “not”) is used in an unusual way. The sense is not entirely clear.

[11:18]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “his shameful conduct he will return to him.”