Daniel 10:8

10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ¹  me, and my vigor disappeared; ²  I was without energy. ³ 

Daniel 11:15

11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. ⁴  The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. ⁵  They will have no strength to prevail.

Daniel 1:4

1:4 young men in whom there was no physical defect and who were handsome, ⁶  well versed in all kinds of wisdom, well educated ⁷  and having keen insight, ⁸  and who were capable ⁹  of entering the king’s royal service ¹⁰  – and to teach them the literature and language ¹¹  of the Babylonians. ¹² 

Daniel 8:7

8:7 I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram ¹³  and struck it ¹⁴  and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. ¹⁵  The goat hurled the ram ¹⁶  to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power. ¹⁷ 

Daniel 10:16-17

10:16 Then ¹⁸  one who appeared to be a human being ¹⁹  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ²⁰  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. 10:17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? ²¹  My strength is gone, ²²  and I am breathless.”

[10:8]  ¹ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

[10:8]  ² tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

[10:8]  ³ tn Heb “strength.”

[11:15]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).

[1:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “good of appearance.”

[1:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “knowers of knowledge.”

[1:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “understanders of knowledge.”

[1:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who had strength.”

[1:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to stand in the palace of the king.” Cf. vv. 5, 19.

[1:4]  ¹² sn The language of the Chaldeans referred to here is Akkadian, an East Semitic cuneiform language.

[1:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “Chaldeans” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV). This is an ancient name for the Babylonians.

[8:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him.”

[8:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the ram.”

[8:7]  ¹² tn Heb “stand before him.”

[8:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “he hurled him.” The referents of both pronouns (the male goat and the ram) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:7]  ¹⁴ sn The goat of Daniel’s vision represents Greece; the large horn represents Alexander the Great. The ram stands for Media-Persia. Alexander’s rapid conquest of the Persians involved three battles of major significance which he won against overwhelming odds: Granicus (334 B.C.), Isus (333 B.C.), and Gaugemela (331 B.C.).

[10:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “Behold.”

[10:16]  ¹⁴ tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

[10:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.

[10:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “How is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord?”

[10:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “does not stand.”