Daniel 2:23

2:23 O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you,

for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me.

Now you have enabled me to understand what I ¹  requested from you.

For you have enabled me to understand the king’s dilemma.” ² 

Daniel 2:38

2:38 Wherever human beings, ³  wild animals, ⁴  and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. ⁵  He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.

Daniel 2:48

2:48 Then the king elevated Daniel to high position and bestowed on him many marvelous gifts. He granted him authority over the entire province of Babylon and made him the main prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 6:2

6:2 Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable ⁶  to them, so that the king’s interests might not incur damage.

Daniel 7:4

7:4 “The first one was like a lion with eagles’ wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off and it was lifted up from the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind ⁷  was given to it. ⁸ 

Daniel 7:6

7:6 “After these things, ⁹  as I was watching, another beast ¹⁰  like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. ¹¹  This beast had four heads, ¹²  and ruling authority was given to it.

Daniel 7:11

7:11 “Then I kept on watching because of the arrogant words of the horn that was speaking. I was watching ¹³  until the beast was killed and its body destroyed and thrown into ¹⁴  the flaming fire.

Daniel 7:14

7:14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty.

All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving ¹⁵  him.

His authority is eternal and will not pass away. ¹⁶ 

His kingdom will not be destroyed. ¹⁷ 

Daniel 7:27

7:27 Then the kingdom, authority,

and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven

will be delivered to the people of the holy ones ¹⁸  of the Most High.

His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;

all authorities will serve him and obey him.’

[2:23]  ¹ tn Aram “we.” Various explanations have been offered for the plural, but it is probably best understood as the editorial plural; so also with “me” later in this verse.

[2:23]  ² tn Aram “the word of the king.”

[2:38]  ³ tn Aram “the sons of man.”

[2:38]  ⁴ tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”

[2:38]  ⁵ tn Aram “hand.”

[6:2]  ⁵ tn Aram “giving an account.”

[7:4]  ⁷ tn Aram “heart of a man.”

[7:4]  ⁸ sn The identity of the first animal, derived from v. 17 and the parallels in chap. 2, is Babylon. The reference to the plucking of its wings is probably a reference to the time of Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity (cf. chap. 4). The latter part of v. 4 then describes the restoration of Nebuchadnezzar. The other animals have traditionally been understood to represent respectively Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome, although most of modern scholarship identifies them as Media, Persia, and Greece. For a biblical parallel to the mention of lion, bear, and leopard together, see Hos 13:7-8.

[7:6]  ⁹ tn Aram “this.” So also in v. 7.

[7:6]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “and behold, another one.”

[7:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “sides.”

[7:6]  ¹² 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.

[7:11]  ¹¹ tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “I was watching” here. It is possible that these words in the MT are a dittography from the first part of the verse.

[7:11]  ¹² tn Aram “and given over to” (so NRSV).

[7:14]  ¹³ tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.”

[7:14]  ¹⁴ tn Aram “is an eternal authority which will not pass away.”

[7:14]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “is one which will not be destroyed.”

[7:27]  ¹⁵ tn If the “holy ones” are angels, then this probably refers to the angels as protectors of God’s people. If the “holy ones” are God’s people, then this is an appositional construction, “the people who are the holy ones.” See 8:24 for the corresponding Hebrew phrase and the note there.