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 3:24

God Delivers His Servants

3:24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, “Wasn’t it three men that we tied up and threw ²  into ³  the fire?” They replied to the king, “For sure, O king.”

Daniel 6:13

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ⁴  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ⁵ 

Daniel 6:15

6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and ⁶  said to him, ⁷  “Recall, ⁸  O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”

Daniel 6:12

6:12 So they approached the king and said to him, ⁹  “Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?” The king replied, “That is correct, ¹⁰  according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.”

[2:10]  ¹ tn Aram “matter, thing.”

[3:24]  ² tn Aram “we threw…bound.”

[3:24]  ³ tn Aram “into the midst of.”

[6:13]  ³ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

[6:13]  ⁴ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

[6:15]  ⁴ tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

[6:15]  ⁵ tn Aram “the king.”

[6:15]  ⁶ tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”

[6:12]  ⁵ tc The MT also has “about the edict of the king,” but this phrase is absent in the LXX and the Syriac. The present translation deletes the expression.

[6:12]  ⁶ tn Aram “the word is true.”