Daniel 2:40

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 

Daniel 5:3

5:3 So they brought the gold and silver ⁴  vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God ⁵  in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them.

Daniel 6:16

6:16 So the king gave the order, ⁶  and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den ⁷  of lions. The king consoled ⁸  Daniel by saying, “Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!”

Daniel 9:23

9:23 At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God’s sight. ⁹  Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: ¹⁰ 

[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.

[5:3]  ⁴ tc The present translation reads וְכַסְפָּא (vÿkhaspa’, “and the silver”) with Theodotion and the Vulgate. Cf. v. 2. The form was probably accidentally dropped from the Aramaic text by homoioteleuton.

[5:3]  ⁵ tn Aram “the temple of the house of God.” The phrase seems rather awkward. The Vulgate lacks “of the house of God,” while Theodotion and the Syriac lack “the house.”

[6:16]  ⁷ tn Aram “said.” So also in vv. 24, 25.

[6:16]  ⁸ sn The den was perhaps a pit below ground level which could be safely observed from above.

[6:16]  ⁹ tn Aram “answered and said [to Daniel].”

[9:23]  ¹⁰ tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”

[9:23]  ¹¹ tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).