Daniel 2:16

2:16 So Daniel went in and ¹  requested the king to grant him time, that he might disclose the interpretation to the king.

Daniel 3:8

3:8 Now ²  at that time certain ³  Chaldeans came forward and brought malicious accusations against ⁴  the Jews.

Daniel 7:12

7:12 As for the rest of the beasts, their ruling authority had already been removed, though they were permitted to go on living ⁵  for a time and a season.

Daniel 2:21

2:21 He changes times and seasons,

deposing some kings

and establishing others. ⁶ 

He gives wisdom to the wise;

he imparts knowledge to those with understanding; ⁷ 

Daniel 7:22

7:22 until the Ancient of Days arrived and judgment was rendered ⁸  in favor of the holy ones of the Most High. Then the time came for the holy ones to take possession of the kingdom.

Daniel 7:25

7:25 He will speak words against the Most High.

He will harass ⁹  the holy ones of the Most High continually.

His intention ¹⁰  will be to change times established by law. ¹¹ 

They will be delivered into his hand

For a time, times, ¹²  and half a time.

Daniel 3:7

3:7 Therefore when they all ¹³  heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, ¹⁴  and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations, and language groups began bowing down and paying homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected.

Daniel 4:36

4:36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored ¹⁵  to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated ¹⁶  over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.

Daniel 6:13

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ¹⁷  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ¹⁸ 

Daniel 6:10

6:10 When Daniel realized ¹⁹  that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows ²⁰  in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. ²¹  Three ²²  times daily he was ²³  kneeling ²⁴  and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

[2:16]  ¹ tc Theodotion and the Syriac lack the words “went in and.”

[3:8]  ² tc This expression is absent in Theodotion.

[3:8]  ³ tn Aram “men.”

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Aram “ate the pieces of.” This is a rather vivid idiom for slander.

[7:12]  ³ tn Aram “a prolonging of life was granted to them.”

[2:21]  ⁴ tn Aram “kings.”

[2:21]  ⁵ tn Aram “the knowers of understanding.”

[7:22]  ⁵ tc In the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate the verb is active, understanding “judgment” to be the object rather than the subject of the verb (i.e., “the Ancient of Days rendered judgment”). This presupposes a different vocalization of the verb ( יְהַב [yÿhav] rather than the MT יְהִב [yÿhiv]).

[7:25]  ⁶ tn Aram “wear out” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV); NASB, NLT “wear down.” The word is a hapax legomenon in biblical Aramaic, but in biblical Hebrew it especially refers to wearing out such things as garments. Here it is translated “harass…continually.”

[7:25]  ⁷ tn Aram “he will think.”

[7:25]  ⁸ tn Aram “times and law.” The present translation is based on the understanding that the expression is a hendiadys.

[7:25]  ⁹ sn Although the word times is vocalized in the MT as a plural, it probably should be regarded as a dual. The Masoretes may have been influenced here by the fact that in late Aramaic (and Syriac) the dual forms fall out of use. The meaning would thus be three and a half “times.”

[3:7]  ⁷ tn Aram “all the peoples.”

[3:7]  ⁸ tc Though not in the Aramaic text of BHS, this word appears in many medieval Hebrew MSS, some LXX MSS, and Vulgate. Cf. vv. 5, 10, 15.

[4:36]  ⁸ tc The translation reads הַדְרֵת (hadret, “I returned”) rather than the MT הַדְרִי (hadri, “my honor”); cf. Theodotion.

[4:36]  ⁹ tc The translation reads הָתְקְנֵת (hotqÿnet, “I was established”) rather than the MT הָתְקְנַת (hotqÿnat, “it was established”). As it stands, the MT makes no sense here.

[6:13]  ⁹ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

[6:13]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

[6:10]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “knew.”

[6:10]  ¹¹ sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.

[6:10]  ¹² map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:10]  ¹³ sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.

[6:10]  ¹⁴ tc Read with several medieval Hebrew MSS and printed editions הֲוָה (havah) rather than the MT הוּא (hu’).

[6:10]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).