Daniel 2:38

2:38 Wherever human beings, ¹  wild animals, ²  and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. ³  He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.

Daniel 2:44

2:44 In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.

Daniel 4:12

4:12 Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful;

on it there was food enough for all.

Under it the wild animals ⁴  used to seek shade,

and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest.

All creatures ⁵  used to feed themselves from it.

Daniel 4:15

4:15 But leave its taproot ⁶  in the ground,

with a band of iron and bronze around it ⁷ 

surrounded by the grass of the field.

Let it become damp with the dew of the sky,

and let it live with ⁸  the animals in the grass of the land.

Daniel 4:33

4:33 Now in that very moment ⁹  this pronouncement about ¹⁰  Nebuchadnezzar came true. ¹¹  He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws. ¹² 

Daniel 4:35

4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. ¹³ 

He does as he wishes with the army of heaven

and with those who inhabit the earth.

No one slaps ¹⁴  his hand

and says to him, ‘What have you done?’

Daniel 4:37

4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live ¹⁵  in pride.

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 ¹⁶  of the Most High.

His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;

all authorities will serve him and obey him.’

Daniel 4:25

4:25 You will be driven ¹⁷  from human society, ¹⁸  and you will live ¹⁹  with the wild animals. You will be fed ²⁰  grass like oxen, ²¹  and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before ²²  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

Daniel 5:21

5:21 He was driven from human society, his mind ²³  was changed to that of an animal, he lived ²⁴  with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

Daniel 5:23

5:23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone – gods ²⁵  that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control ²⁶  your very breath and all your ways!

[2:38]  ¹ tn Aram “the sons of man.”

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

[2:38]  ³ tn Aram “hand.”

[4:12]  ⁴ tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”

[4:12]  ⁵ tn Aram “all flesh.”

[4:15]  ⁷ tn Aram “the stock of its root.” So also v. 23. The implication here is that although the tree is chopped down, it is not killed. Its life-giving root is spared. The application to Nebuchadnezzar is obvious.

[4:15]  ⁸ sn The function of the band of iron and bronze is not entirely clear, but it may have had to do with preventing the splitting or further deterioration of the portion of the tree that was left after being chopped down. By application it would then refer to the preservation of Nebuchadnezzar’s life during the time of his insanity.

[4:15]  ⁹ tn Aram “its lot be.”

[4:33]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “hour.”

[4:33]  ¹¹ tn Or “on.”

[4:33]  ¹² tn Aram “was fulfilled.”

[4:33]  ¹³ tn The words “feathers” and “claws” are not present in the Aramaic text, but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[4:35]  ¹³ tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than כְּלָה (kÿlah) of BHS.

[4:35]  ¹⁴ tn Aram “strikes against.”

[4:37]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “walk.”

[7:27]  ¹⁹ 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.

[4:25]  ²² tn The Aramaic indefinite active plural is used here like the English passive. So also in v. 28, 29,32.

[4:25]  ²³ tn Aram “from mankind.” So also in v. 32.

[4:25]  ²⁴ tn Aram “your dwelling will be.” So also in v. 32.

[4:25]  ²⁵ tn Or perhaps “be made to eat.”

[4:25]  ²⁶ sn Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity has features that are associated with the mental disorder known as boanthropy, in which the person so afflicted imagines himself to be an ox or a similar animal and behaves accordingly.

[4:25]  ²⁷ tn Aram “until.”

[5:21]  ²⁵ tn Aram “heart.”

[5:21]  ²⁶ tn Aram “his dwelling.”

[5:23]  ²⁸ tn Aram “which.”

[5:23]  ²⁹ tn Aram “in whose hand [are].”