Daniel 10:15

10:15 While he was saying this to me, ¹  I was flat on ²  the ground and unable to speak.

Daniel 1:9

1:9 Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel. ³ 

Daniel 1:16

1:16 So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine ⁴  from their diet ⁵  and gave them a diet of vegetables instead.

Daniel 8:12

8:12 The army was given over, ⁶  along with the daily sacrifice, in the course of his sinful rebellion. ⁷  It hurled ⁸  truth ⁹  to the ground and enjoyed success. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 9:3

9:3 So I turned my attention ¹¹  to the Lord God ¹²  to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. ¹³ 

Daniel 11:31

11:31 His forces ¹⁴  will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary, ¹⁵  stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up ¹⁶  the abomination that causes desolation.

Daniel 12:11

12:11 From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, ¹⁷  there are 1,290 days.

Daniel 1:12

1:12 “Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables to eat and water to drink.

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 9:10

9:10 We have not obeyed ¹⁸  the LORD our God by living according to ¹⁹  his laws ²⁰  that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

Daniel 11:11

11:11 “Then the king of the south ²¹  will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand.

Daniel 11:21

11:21 “Then there will arise in his place a despicable person ²²  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 1:2

1:2 Now the Lord ²³  delivered ²⁴  King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, ²⁵  along with some of the vessels ²⁶  of the temple of God. ²⁷  He brought them to the land of Babylonia ²⁸  to the temple of his god ²⁹  and put ³⁰  the vessels in the treasury of his god.

Daniel 8:13

8:13 Then I heard a holy one ³¹  speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, “To what period of time does the vision pertain – this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?”

Daniel 10:12

10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ³²  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Daniel 11:6

11:6 After some years have passed, they ³³  will form an alliance. Then the daughter ³⁴  of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power, ³⁵  nor will he continue ³⁶  in his strength. ³⁷  She, together with the one who brought her, her child, ³⁸  and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time. ³⁹ 

Daniel 11:17

11:17 His intention ⁴⁰  will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. ⁴¹  He will give the king of the south ⁴²  a daughter ⁴³  in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.

[10:15]  ¹ tn Heb “speaking to me according to these words.”

[10:15]  ² tn Heb “I placed my face toward.”

[1:9]  ³ tn Heb “Then God granted Daniel loyal love and compassion before the overseer of the court officials.” The expression “loyal love and compassion” is a hendiadys; the two words combine to express one idea.

[1:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the wine of their drinking.”

[1:16]  ⁶ tn The words “from their diet” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  ⁷ tc The present translation reads וּצְבָאָהּ נִתַּן (utsÿva’ah nittan) for the MT וְצָבָא תִּנָּתֵן (vÿtsava’ tinnaten). The context suggests a perfect rather than an imperfect verb.

[8:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “in (the course of) rebellion.” The meaning of the phrase is difficult to determine. It could mean “due to rebellion,” referring to the failures of the Jews, but this is not likely since it is not a point made elsewhere in the book. The phrase more probably refers to the rebellion against God and the atrocities against the Jews epitomized by Antiochus.

[8:12]  ⁹ tc Two medieval Hebrew MSS and the LXX have a passive verb here: “truth was hurled to the ground” (cf. NIV, NCV, TEV).

[8:12]  ¹⁰ sn Truth here probably refers to the Torah. According to 1 Macc 1:56, Antiochus initiated destruction of the sacred books of the Jews.

[8:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “it acted and prospered.”

[9:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “face.”

[9:3]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew phrase translated “Lord God” here is אֲדֹנָי הָאֱלֹהִים (’adonay ha’elohim).

[9:3]  ¹¹ sn When lamenting, ancient Israelites would fast, wear sackcloth, and put ashes on their heads to show their sorrow and contrition.

[11:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “arms.”

[11:31]  ¹² tn Heb “the sanctuary, the fortress.”

[11:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “will give.”

[12:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “to give.”

[9:10]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[9:10]  ¹⁷ tc The LXX and Vulgate have the singular.

[11:11]  ¹⁷ sn This king of the south refers to Ptolemy IV Philopator (ca. 221-204 B.C.).

[11:21]  ¹⁹ sn This despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred is Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 175-164 B.C.).

[1:2]  ²¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[1:2]  ²² tn Heb “gave.”

[1:2]  ²³ tn Heb “hand,” which is often used idiomatically for one’s power and authority. See BDB 390 s.v. יָד 2.

[1:2]  ²⁴ tn Or “utensils”; or “articles.”

[1:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “house of God.”

[1:2]  ²⁶ sn The land of Babylonia (Heb “the land of Shinar”) is another name for Sumer and Akkad, where Babylon was located (cf. Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1, 9; Josh 7:21; Isa 11:11; Zech 5:11).

[1:2]  ²⁷ tn Or “gods” (NCV, NRSV, TEV; also later in this verse). The Hebrew term can be used as a numerical plural for many gods or as a plural of majesty for one particular god. Since Nebuchadnezzar was a polytheist, it is not clear if the reference here is to many gods or one particular deity. The plural of majesty, while normally used for Israel’s God, is occasionally used of foreign gods (cf. BDB 43 s.v. אֱלֹהִים 1, 2). See Judg 11:24 (of the Moabite god Chemosh); 1 Sam 5:7 (of the Philistine god Dagon); 1 Kgs 11:33 (of the Canaanite goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom); 2 Kgs 19:37 (of the Assyrian god Nisroch). Since gods normally had their own individual temples, Dan 1:2 probably refers to a particular deity, perhaps Marduk, the supreme god of Babylon, or Marduk’s son Nabu, after whom Nebuchadnezzar was named. The name Nebuchadnezzar means “Nabu has protected the son who will inherit” (HALOT 660 s.v. נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר). For a discussion of how temples functioned in Babylonian religion see H. Ringgren, Religions of the Ancient Near East, 77-81.

[1:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “brought.” Though the Hebrew verb “brought” is repeated in this verse, the translation uses “brought…put” for stylistic variation.

[8:13]  ²³ sn The holy one referred to here is presumably an angel. Cf. 4:13[10], 23 [20].

[10:12]  ²⁵ tn Heb “gave your heart.”

[11:6]  ²⁷ sn Here they refers to Ptolemy II Philadelphus (ca. 285-246 B.C.) and Antiochus II Theos (ca. 262-246 B.C.).

[11:6]  ²⁸ sn The daughter refers to Berenice, who was given in marriage to Antiochus II Theos.

[11:6]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the strength of the arm.”

[11:6]  ³⁰ tn Heb “stand.” So also in vv. 7, 8, 11, 13.

[11:6]  ³¹ tn Heb “and his arm.” Some understand this to refer to the descendants of the king of the north.

[11:6]  ³² tc The present translation reads יַלְדָּה (yaldah, “her child”) rather than the MT יֹלְדָהּ (yolÿdah, “the one who begot her”). Cf. Theodotion, the Syriac, and the Vulgate.

[11:6]  ³³ sn Antiochus II eventually divorced Berenice and remarried his former wife Laodice, who then poisoned her husband, had Berenice put to death, and installed her own son, Seleucus II Callinicus (ca. 246-227 B.C.), as the Seleucid king.

[11:17]  ²⁹ tn Heb “and he will set his face.” Cf. vv. 18, 19.

[11:17]  ³⁰ tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).

[11:17]  ³¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:17]  ³² tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”