Daniel 2:2

2:2 The king issued an order ¹  to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men ²  in order to explain his dreams to him. ³  So they came and awaited the king’s instructions. ⁴ 

Daniel 2:38

2:38 Wherever human beings, ⁵  wild animals, ⁶  and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. ⁷  He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.

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 ⁸  all of these metals, ⁹  so it will break in pieces and crush the others. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 5:12

5:12 Thus there was found in this man Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar, an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and skill to interpret ¹¹  dreams, solve riddles, and decipher knotty problems. ¹²  Now summon ¹³  Daniel, and he will disclose the interpretation.”

Daniel 6:14

6:14 When the king heard this, ¹⁴  he was very upset and began thinking about ¹⁵  how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon ¹⁶  he was struggling to find a way to rescue him.

Daniel 7:6

7:6 “After these things, ¹⁷  as I was watching, another beast ¹⁸  like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. ¹⁹  This beast had four heads, ²⁰  and ruling authority was given to it.

Daniel 7:23-24

7:23 “This is what he told me: ²¹ 

‘The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth

that will differ from all the other kingdoms.

It will devour all the earth

and will trample and crush it.

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 ²²  three kings.

Daniel 11:21

11:21 “Then there will arise in his place a despicable person ²³  to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit.

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “said.” So also in v. 12.

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The term Chaldeans (Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּים, kasdim) is used in the book of Daniel both in an ethnic sense and, as here, to refer to a caste of Babylonian wise men and astrologers.

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “to explain to the king his dreams.”

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “stood before the king.”

[2:38]  ⁵ tn Aram “the sons of man.”

[2:38]  ⁶ tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”

[2:38]  ⁷ tn Aram “hand.”

[2:40]  ⁹ tc Theodotion and the Vulgate lack the phrase “and as iron breaks in pieces.”

[2:40]  ¹⁰ tn The Aramaic text does not have this word, but it has been added in the translation for clarity.

[2:40]  ¹¹ tn The words “the others” are supplied from the context.

[5:12]  ¹³ tc The translation reads מִפְשַׁר (mifshar) rather than the MT מְפַשַּׁר (mÿfashar) and later in the verse reads וּמִשְׁרֵא (mishre’) rather than the MT וּמְשָׁרֵא (mÿshare’). The Masoretes have understood these Aramaic forms to be participles, but they are more likely to be vocalized as infinitives. As such, they have an epexegetical function in the syntax of their clause.

[5:12]  ¹⁴ tn Aram “to loose knots.”

[5:12]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “let [Daniel] be summoned.”

[6:14]  ¹⁷ tn Aram “the word.”

[6:14]  ¹⁸ tn Aram “placed his mind on.”

[6:14]  ¹⁹ tn Aram “the entrances of the sun.”

[7:6]  ²¹ tn Aram “this.” So also in v. 7.

[7:6]  ²² tn Aram “and behold, another one.”

[7:6]  ²³ tn Or “sides.”

[7:6]  ²⁴ sn If the third animal is Greece, the most likely identification of these four heads is the four-fold division of the empire of Alexander the Great following his death. See note on Dan 8:8.

[7:23]  ²⁵ tn Aram “thus he said.”

[7:24]  ²⁹ tn Or “subjugate”; KJV, NASB, NIV “subdue”; ASV, NRSV “put down.”

[11:21]  ³³ sn This despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred is Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 175-164 B.C.).