Daniel 2:31

2:31 “You, O king, were watching as a great statue – one ¹  of impressive size and extraordinary brightness – was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm.

Daniel 4:5

4:5 I saw a dream that ²  frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed – these visions of my mind – were terrifying me.

Daniel 8:10

8:10 It grew so big it reached the army ³  of heaven, and it brought about the fall of some of the army and some of the stars ⁴  to the ground, where it trampled them.

Daniel 11:26

11:26 Those who share the king’s fine food will attempt to destroy him, and his army will be swept away; ⁵  many will be killed in battle.

Daniel 11:32

11:32 Then with smooth words he will defile ⁶  those who have rejected ⁷  the covenant. But the people who are loyal to ⁸  their God will act valiantly. ⁹ 

[2:31]  ¹ tn Aram “an image.”

[4:5]  ² tn Aram “and it.”

[8:10]  ³ tn Traditionally, “host.” The term refers to God’s heavenly angelic assembly, which he sometimes leads into battle as an army.

[8:10]  ⁴ sn In prescientific Israelite thinking the stars were associated with the angelic members of God’s heavenly assembly. See Judg 5:20; Job 38:7; Isa 40:26. In west Semitic mythology the stars were members of the high god’s divine assembly (see Isa 14:13).

[11:26]  ⁴ tc The present translation reads יִשָׁטֵף (yishatef, passive) rather than the MT יִשְׁטוֹף (yishtof, active).

[11:32]  ⁵ tn Or “corrupt.”

[11:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “acted wickedly toward.”

[11:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “know.” The term “know” sometimes means “to recognize.” In relational contexts it can have the connotation “recognize the authority of, be loyal to,” as it does here.

[11:32]  ⁸ sn This is an allusion to the Maccabean revolt, which struggled to bring about Jewish independence in the second century B.C.