Daniel 2:40-41

2:40 Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces ¹  all of these metals, ²  so it will break in pieces and crush the others. ³  2:41 In that you were seeing feet and toes ⁴  partly of wet clay ⁵  and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay. ⁶ 

Daniel 4:17-18

4:17 This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels;

this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones,

so that ⁷  those who are alive may understand

that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, ⁸ 

and he bestows them on whomever he wishes.

He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

4:18 “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its ⁹  interpretation, for none of the wise men in ¹⁰  my kingdom are able to make known to me the interpretation. But you can do so, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Daniel 4:32

4:32 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before ¹¹  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.”

Daniel 4:34

4:34 But at the end of the appointed time ¹²  I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up ¹³  toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.

I extolled the Most High,

and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.

For his authority is an everlasting authority,

and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

Daniel 5:11

5:11 There is a man in your kingdom who has within him a spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, he proved to have ¹⁴  insight, discernment, and wisdom like that ¹⁵  of the gods. ¹⁶  King Nebuchadnezzar your father appointed him chief of the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners. ¹⁷ 

Daniel 5:16

5:16 However, I have heard ¹⁸  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 ¹⁹  ruler in the kingdom.”

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 ²⁰  some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. ²¹  But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, ²²  because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. ²³ 

Daniel 4:25

4:25 You will be driven ²⁴  from human society, ²⁵  and you will live ²⁶  with the wild animals. You will be fed ²⁷  grass like oxen, ²⁸  and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before ²⁹  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

Daniel 5:7

5:7 The king called out loudly ³⁰  to summon ³¹  the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed ³²  to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple ³³  and have a golden collar ³⁴  placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 5:21

5:21 He was driven from human society, his mind ³⁵  was changed to that of an animal, he lived ³⁶  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 6:7

6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays ³⁷  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

[2:40]  ¹ tc Theodotion and the Vulgate lack the phrase “and as iron breaks in pieces.”

[2:40]  ² tn The Aramaic text does not have this word, but it has been added in the translation for clarity.

[2:40]  ³ tn The words “the others” are supplied from the context.

[2:41]  ⁴ tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”

[2:41]  ⁵ tn Aram “potter’s clay.”

[2:41]  ⁶ tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).

[4:17]  ⁷ tc The present translation follows an underlying reading of עַל־דִּבְרַת (’al-divrat, “so that”) rather than MT עַד־דִּבְרַת (’ad-divrat, “until”).

[4:17]  ⁸ tn Aram “the kingdom of man”; NASB “the realm of mankind”; NCV “every kingdom on earth.”

[4:18]  ¹⁰ tc The present translation reads פִּשְׁרֵהּ (pishreh, “its interpretation”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew MSS; the Kethib is פִּשְׁרָא (pishra’, “the interpretation”); so also v. 16.

[4:18]  ¹¹ tn Aram “of.”

[4:32]  ¹³ tn Aram “until.”

[4:34]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “days.”

[4:34]  ¹⁷ tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”

[5:11]  ¹⁹ tn Aram “[there were] discovered to be in him.”

[5:11]  ²⁰ tn Aram “wisdom like the wisdom.” This would be redundant in terms of English style.

[5:11]  ²¹ tc Theodotion lacks the phrase “and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods.”

[5:11]  ²² tc The MT includes a redundant reference to “your father the king” at the end of v. 11. None of the attempts to explain this phrase as original are very convincing. The present translation deletes the phrase, following Theodotion and the Syriac.

[5:16]  ²² tn The Aramaic text has also the words “about you.”

[5:16]  ²³ tn Or perhaps “one of three rulers,” in the sense of becoming part of a triumvir. So also v. 29.

[6:4]  ²⁵ tn Aram “looking to find.”

[6:4]  ²⁶ tn Aram “from the side of the kingdom.”

[6:4]  ²⁷ tn Aram “pretext and corruption.”

[6:4]  ²⁸ 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.”

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

[4:25]  ²⁹ tn Aram “from mankind.” So also in v. 32.

[4:25]  ³⁰ tn Aram “your dwelling will be.” So also in v. 32.

[4:25]  ³¹ tn Or perhaps “be made to eat.”

[4:25]  ³² 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]  ³³ tn Aram “until.”

[5:7]  ³¹ tn Aram “in strength.”

[5:7]  ³² tn Aram “cause to enter.”

[5:7]  ³³ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[5:7]  ³⁴ sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

[5:7]  ³⁵ 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).

[5:21]  ³⁴ tn Aram “heart.”

[5:21]  ³⁵ tn Aram “his dwelling.”

[6:7]  ³⁷ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”