Daniel 2:30

2:30 As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom ¹  than any other living person, but so that the king may understand ²  the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind. ³ 

Daniel 3:28

3:28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, ⁴  “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel ⁵  and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring ⁶  the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than ⁷  serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!

Daniel 4:19

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

4:19 Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; ⁸  his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir, ⁹  if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!

Daniel 4:27

4:27 Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.” ¹⁰ 

Daniel 4:36

4:36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored ¹¹  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 ¹²  over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.

Daniel 7:19

7:19 “Then I wanted to know the meaning ¹³  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 8:7

8:7 I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram ¹⁴  and struck it ¹⁵  and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. ¹⁶  The goat hurled the ram ¹⁷  to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power. ¹⁸ 

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ¹⁹  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ²⁰  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ²¹ 

there will be a period of seven weeks ²²  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ²³  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

Daniel 10:11

10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. ²⁴  Understand the words that I am about to ²⁵  speak to you. So stand up, ²⁶  for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this ²⁷  to me, I stood up shaking.

[2:30]  ¹ tn Aram “not for any wisdom which is in me more than [in] any living man.”

[2:30]  ² tn Aram “they might cause the king to know.” The impersonal plural is used here to refer to the role of God’s spirit in revealing the dream and its interpretation to the king. As J. A. Montgomery says, “it appropriately here veils the mysterious agency” (Daniel [ICC], 164-65).

[2:30]  ³ tn Aram “heart.”

[3:28]  ⁴ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[3:28]  ⁵ sn The king identifies the “son of the gods” (v. 25) as an angel. Comparable Hebrew expressions are used elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible for the members of God’s angelic assembly (see Gen 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Pss 29:1; 89:6). An angel later comes to rescue Daniel from the lions (Dan 6:22).

[3:28]  ⁶ tn Aram “they changed” or “violated.”

[3:28]  ⁷ tn Aram “so that they might not.”

[4:19]  ⁷ tn Aram “about one hour.” The expression refers idiomatically to a brief period of time of undetermined length.

[4:19]  ⁸ tn Aram “my lord.”

[4:27]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “if there may be a lengthening to your prosperity.”

[4:36]  ¹³ tc The translation reads הַדְרֵת (hadret, “I returned”) rather than the MT הַדְרִי (hadri, “my honor”); cf. Theodotion.

[4:36]  ¹⁴ 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.

[7:19]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “to make certain.”

[8:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “him.”

[8:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the ram.”

[8:7]  ²¹ tn Heb “stand before him.”

[8:7]  ²² tn Heb “he hurled him.” The referents of both pronouns (the male goat and the ram) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:7]  ²³ sn The goat of Daniel’s vision represents Greece; the large horn represents Alexander the Great. The ram stands for Media-Persia. Alexander’s rapid conquest of the Persians involved three battles of major significance which he won against overwhelming odds: Granicus (334 B.C.), Isus (333 B.C.), and Gaugemela (331 B.C.).

[9:25]  ²² tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

[9:25]  ²³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:25]  ²⁴ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

[9:25]  ²⁵ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

[9:25]  ²⁶ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[10:11]  ²⁵ tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”

[10:11]  ²⁶ tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.

[10:11]  ²⁷ tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”

[10:11]  ²⁸ tn Heb “spoke this word.”