Daniel 10:6

10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper, ¹  and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; ²  his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice ³  thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

Daniel 8:21

8:21 The male goat ⁴  is the king of Greece, ⁵  and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.

Daniel 10:5

10:5 I looked up ⁶  and saw a ⁷  man ⁸  clothed in linen; ⁹  around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 8:3

8:3 I looked up ¹¹  and saw ¹²  a ¹³  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ¹⁴  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 8:5

8:5 While I was contemplating all this, ¹⁵  a male goat ¹⁶  was coming from the west over the surface of all the land ¹⁷  without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn ¹⁸  between its eyes.

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ¹⁹  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ²⁰  and the city called by your name. ²¹  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ²²  but because your compassion is abundant.

[10:6]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “torches of fire.”

[10:6]  ³ tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).

[8:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “the he-goat, the buck.” The expression is odd, and the second word may be an explanatory gloss.

[8:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “Javan.”

[10:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”

[10:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.

[10:5]  ⁹ sn The identity of the messenger is not specifically disclosed. Presumably he is an unnamed angel. Some interpreters identify him as Gabriel, but there is no adequate reason for doing so.

[10:5]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) is a plural of extension. See GKC 396-97 §124.a, b, c and Joüon 2:500 §136.c.

[10:5]  ¹¹ tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (paz, “refined gold” or “pure gold”) is more common in the OT than אוּפָז, and some scholars emend the text of Dan 10:5 to read this word. Cf. also “Ophir” (1 Kgs 9:28; Isa 13:12; Job 22:24; 28:16).

[8:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

[8:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and behold.”

[8:3]  ¹² tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

[8:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

[8:5]  ¹³ tn The words “all this” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[8:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and behold, a he-goat of the goats.”

[8:5]  ¹⁵ tn Or “of the whole earth” (NAB, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[8:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “a horn of vision” [or “conspicuousness”], i.e., “a conspicuous horn,” one easily seen.

[9:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[9:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

[9:18]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

[9:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”