Daniel 10:9

10:9 I listened to his voice, ¹  and as I did so ²  I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.

Daniel 1:14

1:14 So the warden ³  agreed to their proposal ⁴  and tested them for ten ⁵  days.

Daniel 8:16

8:16 Then I heard a human voice coming from between the banks of the Ulai. It called out, “Gabriel, ⁶  enable this person to understand the vision.”

Daniel 12:8

12:8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, “Sir, ⁷  what will happen after these things?”

Daniel 9:6

9:6 We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority ⁸  to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, ⁹  and to all the inhabitants ¹⁰  of the land as well.

Daniel 9:10

9:10 We have not obeyed ¹¹  the LORD our God by living according to ¹²  his laws ¹³  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 ¹⁴  in all he has done, ¹⁵  and we have not obeyed him. ¹⁶ 

Daniel 9:17

9:17 “So now, our God, accept ¹⁷  the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to ¹⁸  your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. ¹⁹ 

Daniel 9:19

9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ²⁰ 

Daniel 8:13

8:13 Then I heard a holy one ²¹  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 9:11

9:11 “All Israel has broken ²²  your law and turned away by not obeying you. ²³  Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened ²⁴  in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you. ²⁵ 

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ²⁶  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ²⁷  and the city called by your name. ²⁸  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ²⁹  but because your compassion is abundant.

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 ³⁰  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Daniel 12:7

12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky ³¹  and made an oath by the one who lives forever: “It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters ³²  the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”

[10:9]  ¹ tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.

[10:9]  ² tn Heb “as I listened to the sound of his words.”

[1:14]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the warden mentioned in v. 11) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “listened to them with regard to this matter.”

[1:14]  ⁵ sn The number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number of completeness. Cf. v. 20; Zech 8:23; Rev 2:10.

[8:16]  ⁵ sn The only angels whose names are given in the OT are Gabriel (Dan 8:16; 9:21; cf. Luke 1:19, 26) and Michael (Dan 10:13, 21; 12:1; cf. Jude 9; Rev 12:7). The name Gabriel means in Hebrew “man of God,” and Michael means “who is like God?”

[12:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “my lord,” a title of polite address.

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

[9:6]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Heb “people.”

[9:10]  ¹¹ 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]  ¹² tn Heb “to walk in.”

[9:10]  ¹³ tc The LXX and Vulgate have the singular.

[9:14]  ¹³ tn Or “righteous.”

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

[9:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “we have not listened to his voice.”

[9:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “hear.” Here the verb refers to hearing favorably, accepting the prayer and responding positively.

[9:17]  ¹⁶ 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]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for the sake of my Lord.” Theodotion has “for your sake.” Cf. v. 19.

[9:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.

[8:13]  ¹⁹ sn The holy one referred to here is presumably an angel. Cf. 4:13[10], 23 [20].

[9:11]  ²¹ tn Or “transgressed.” The Hebrew verb has the primary sense of crossing a boundary, in this case, God’s law.

[9:11]  ²² tn Heb “by not paying attention to your voice.”

[9:11]  ²³ tn Heb “the curse and the oath which is written.” The term “curse” refers here to the judgments threatened in the Mosaic law (see Deut 28) for rebellion. The expression “the curse and the oath” is probably a hendiadys (cf. Num 5:21; Neh 10:29) referring to the fact that the covenant with its threatened judgments was ratified by solemn oath and made legally binding upon the covenant community.

[9:11]  ²⁴ tn Heb “him.”

[9:18]  ²³ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[9:18]  ²⁴ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

[9:18]  ²⁵ 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]  ²⁶ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

[10:12]  ²⁵ tn Heb “gave your heart.”

[12:7]  ²⁷ tn Or “to the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[12:7]  ²⁸ tc The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ (yad-nofets, “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד (nappets-yad, “to shatter the hand”).