Daniel 2:10

2:10 The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, ¹  for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.

Daniel 2:25

2:25 So Arioch quickly ushered Daniel into the king’s presence, saying to him, “I ²  have found a man from the captives of Judah who can make known the interpretation to the king.”

Daniel 2:40

2:40 Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces ³  all of these metals, ⁴  so it will break in pieces and crush the others. ⁵ 

Daniel 3:19

3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed ⁶  toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders ⁷  to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.

Daniel 3:22

3:22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted ⁸  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed ⁹  by the leaping flames. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 6:17

6:17 Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening ¹¹  to the den. The king sealed ¹²  it with his signet ring and with those ¹³  of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel.

Daniel 7:24

7:24 The ten horns

mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom.

Another king will arise after them,

but he will be different from the earlier ones.

He will humiliate ¹⁴  three kings.

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 8:8

8:8 The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns ¹⁹  in its place, ²⁰  extending toward the four winds of the sky. ²¹ 

Daniel 9:12

9:12 He has carried out his threats ²²  against us and our rulers ²³  who were over ²⁴  us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!

Daniel 10:1

An Angel Appears to Daniel

10:1 ²⁵ In the third ²⁶  year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. ²⁷  He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.

[2:10]  ¹ tn Aram “matter, thing.”

[2:25]  ² sn Arioch’s claim is self-serving and exaggerated. It is Daniel who came to him, and not the other way around. By claiming to have found one capable of solving the king’s dilemma, Arioch probably hoped to ingratiate himself to the king.

[2:40]  ³ tc Theodotion and the Vulgate lack the phrase “and as iron breaks in pieces.”

[2:40]  ⁴ tn The Aramaic text does not have this word, but it has been added in the translation for clarity.

[2:40]  ⁵ tn The words “the others” are supplied from the context.

[3:19]  ⁴ tn Aram “the appearance of his face was altered”; cf. NLT “his face became distorted with rage”; NAB “[his] face became livid with utter rage.”

[3:19]  ⁵ tn Aram “he answered and said.”

[3:22]  ⁵ tn Aram “caused to go up.”

[3:22]  ⁶ tn The Aramaic verb is active.

[3:22]  ⁷ tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

[6:17]  ⁶ tn Aram “mouth.”

[6:17]  ⁷ sn The purpose of the den being sealed was to prevent unauthorized tampering with the opening of the den. Any disturbance of the seal would immediately alert the officials to improper activity of this sort.

[6:17]  ⁸ tn Aram “the signet rings.”

[7:24]  ⁷ tn Or “subjugate”; KJV, NASB, NIV “subdue”; ASV, NRSV “put down.”

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

[8:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “and behold, a he-goat of the goats.”

[8:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “of the whole earth” (NAB, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[8:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a horn of vision” [or “conspicuousness”], i.e., “a conspicuous horn,” one easily seen.

[8:8]  ⁹ tn The word “horns” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[8:8]  ¹⁰ sn The four conspicuous horns refer to Alexander’s successors. After his death, Alexander’s empire was divided up among four of his generals: Cassander, who took Macedonia and Greece; Lysimachus, who took Thrace and parts of Asia Minor; Seleucus, who took Syria and territory to its east; and Ptolemy, who took control of Egypt.

[8:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[9:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he has fulfilled his word(s) which he spoke.”

[9:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “our judges.”

[9:12]  ¹² tn Heb “who judged.”

[10:1]  ¹¹ sn This chapter begins the final unit in the book of Daniel, consisting of chapters 10-12. The traditional chapter divisions to some extent obscure the relationship of these chapters.

[10:1]  ¹² tc The LXX has “first.”

[10:1]  ¹³ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word צָבָא (tsava’) is uncertain in this context. The word most often refers to an army or warfare. It may also mean “hard service,” and many commentators take that to be the sense here (i.e., “the service was great”). The present translation assumes the reference to be to the spiritual conflicts described, for example, in 10:16–11:1.