Daniel 2:25

2:25 So Arioch quickly ushered Daniel into the king’s presence, saying to him, “I ¹  have found a man from the captives of Judah who can make known the interpretation to the king.”

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 3:3

3:3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected. ² 

Daniel 3:19

3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed ³  toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders ⁴  to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.

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 ⁵  into ⁶  the fire?” They replied to the king, “For sure, O king.”

Daniel 4:19

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

4:19 Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; ⁷  his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir, ⁸  if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!

Daniel 5:3

5:3 So they brought the gold and silver ⁹  vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God ¹⁰  in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them.

Daniel 5:13

5:13 So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the captives of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?

Daniel 6:3-4

6:3 Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom. 6:4 Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find ¹¹  some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. ¹²  But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, ¹³  because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. ¹⁴ 

Daniel 6:13-16

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ¹⁵  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ¹⁶ 

6:14 When the king heard this, ¹⁷  he was very upset and began thinking about ¹⁸  how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon ¹⁹  he was struggling to find a way to rescue him. 6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and ²⁰  said to him, ²¹  “Recall, ²²  O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.” 6:16 So the king gave the order, ²³  and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den ²⁴  of lions. The king consoled ²⁵  Daniel by saying, “Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!”

Daniel 6:23

6:23 Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God.

Daniel 7:11

7:11 “Then I kept on watching because of the arrogant words of the horn that was speaking. I was watching ²⁶  until the beast was killed and its body destroyed and thrown into ²⁷  the flaming fire.

Daniel 7:19

7:19 “Then I wanted to know the meaning ²⁸  of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others. It was very dreadful, with two rows of iron teeth and bronze claws, and it devoured, crushed, and trampled anything that was left with its feet.

Daniel 2:35

2:35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction ²⁹  and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

Daniel 6:12

6:12 So they approached the king and said to him, ³⁰  “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, ³¹  according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.”

[2:25]  ¹ 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.

[3:3]  ² tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.”

[3:19]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Aram “he answered and said.”

[3:24]  ⁴ tn Aram “we threw…bound.”

[3:24]  ⁵ tn Aram “into the midst of.”

[4:19]  ⁵ tn Aram “about one hour.” The expression refers idiomatically to a brief period of time of undetermined length.

[4:19]  ⁶ tn Aram “my lord.”

[5:3]  ⁶ tc The present translation reads וְכַסְפָּא (vÿkhaspa’, “and the silver”) with Theodotion and the Vulgate. Cf. v. 2. The form was probably accidentally dropped from the Aramaic text by homoioteleuton.

[5:3]  ⁷ tn Aram “the temple of the house of God.” The phrase seems rather awkward. The Vulgate lacks “of the house of God,” while Theodotion and the Syriac lack “the house.”

[6:4]  ⁷ tn Aram “looking to find.”

[6:4]  ⁸ tn Aram “from the side of the kingdom.”

[6:4]  ⁹ tn Aram “pretext and corruption.”

[6:4]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “no negligence or corruption was found in him.” The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the phrase “and no negligence or corruption was found in him.”

[6:13]  ⁸ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

[6:13]  ⁹ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

[6:14]  ⁹ tn Aram “the word.”

[6:14]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “placed his mind on.”

[6:14]  ¹¹ tn Aram “the entrances of the sun.”

[6:15]  ¹⁰ tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

[6:15]  ¹¹ tn Aram “the king.”

[6:15]  ¹² tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”

[6:16]  ¹¹ tn Aram “said.” So also in vv. 24, 25.

[6:16]  ¹² sn The den was perhaps a pit below ground level which could be safely observed from above.

[6:16]  ¹³ tn Aram “answered and said [to Daniel].”

[7:11]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Aram “and given over to” (so NRSV).

[7:19]  ¹³ tn Aram “to make certain.”

[2:35]  ¹⁴ tn Aram “as one.” For the meaning “without distinction” see the following: F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 36, §64, and p. 93; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 60.

[6:12]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “the word is true.”