Daniel 2:39
Context2:39 Now after you another kingdom 1 will arise, one inferior to yours. Then a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule in all the earth.
Daniel 2:38
Context2:38 Wherever human beings, 2 wild animals, 3 and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. 4 He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.
Daniel 2:48
Context2:48 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 3:27
Context3:27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically 5 unharmed by the fire. 6 The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!
Daniel 5:16
Context5:16 However, I have heard 7 that you are able to provide interpretations and to decipher knotty problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third 8 ruler in the kingdom.”
Daniel 6:24
Context6:24 The king gave another order, 9 and those men who had maliciously accused 10 Daniel were brought and thrown 11 into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. 12 They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
Daniel 5:7
Context5:7 The king called out loudly 13 to summon 14 the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed 15 to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple 16 and have a golden collar 17 placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.


[2:39] 1 sn The identity of the first kingdom is clearly Babylon. The identification of the following three kingdoms is disputed. The common view is that they represent Media, Persia, and Greece. Most conservative scholars identify them as Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
[2:38] 2 tn Aram “the sons of man.”
[2:38] 3 tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”
[3:27] 3 tn Aram “in their bodies.”
[3:27] 4 tn Aram “the fire did not have power.”
[5:16] 4 tn The Aramaic text has also the words “about you.”
[5:16] 5 tn Or perhaps “one of three rulers,” in the sense of becoming part of a triumvir. So also v. 29.
[6:24] 6 tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions.
[6:24] 7 tn The Aramaic active impersonal verb is often used as a substitute for the passive.
[6:24] 8 tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.
[5:7] 6 tn Aram “in strength.”
[5:7] 7 tn Aram “cause to enter.”
[5:7] 8 tn Aram “answered and said.”
[5:7] 9 sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.
[5:7] 10 tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).