Daniel 2:8

2:8 The king replied, “I know for sure that you are attempting to gain time, because you see that my decision is firm.

Daniel 2:10

2:10 The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, ¹  for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.

Daniel 2:24

2:24 Then Daniel went in to see ²  Arioch (whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon). He came ³  and said to him, “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Escort me ⁴  to the king, and I will disclose the interpretation to him!” ⁵ 

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 ⁶  all of these metals, ⁷  so it will break in pieces and crush the others. ⁸  2:41 In that you were seeing feet and toes ⁹  partly of wet clay ¹⁰  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. ¹¹ 

Daniel 2:45

2:45 You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future. ¹²  The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable.”

Daniel 3:3

3:3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected. ¹³ 

Daniel 3:7

3:7 Therefore when they all ¹⁴  heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, ¹⁵  and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations, and language groups began bowing down and paying homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected.

Daniel 3:22

3:22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted ¹⁶  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed ¹⁷  by the leaping flames. ¹⁸ 

Daniel 4:18

4:18 “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its ¹⁹  interpretation, for none of the wise men in ²⁰  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 5:5

5:5 At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared ²¹  and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. ²²  The king was watching the back ²³  of the hand that was writing.

Daniel 5:10

5:10 Due to the noise ²⁴  caused by the king and his nobles, the queen mother ²⁵  then entered the banquet room. She ²⁶  said, “O king, live forever! Don’t be alarmed! Don’t be shaken!

Daniel 5:12

5:12 Thus there was found in this man Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar, an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and skill to interpret ²⁷  dreams, solve riddles, and decipher knotty problems. ²⁸  Now summon ²⁹  Daniel, and he will disclose the interpretation.”

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 ³⁰  some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. ³¹  But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, ³²  because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. ³³ 

Daniel 6:22

6:22 My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”

Daniel 3:29

3:29 I hereby decree ³⁴  that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes ³⁵  the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”

Daniel 6:10

6:10 When Daniel realized ³⁶  that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows ³⁷  in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. ³⁸  Three ³⁹  times daily he was ⁴⁰  kneeling ⁴¹  and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

[2:10]  ¹ tn Aram “matter, thing.”

[2:24]  ¹ tc The MT has עַל עַל (’al ’al, “he entered upon”). Several medieval Hebrew MSS lack the verb, although this may be due to haplography.

[2:24]  ² tc The LXX and Vulgate, along with one medieval Hebrew MS, lack this verb.

[2:24]  ³ tn Aram “cause me to enter.” So also in v. 25.

[2:24]  ⁴ tn Aram “the king.”

[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]  ¹ tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”

[2:41]  ² tn Aram “potter’s clay.”

[2:41]  ³ tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).

[2:45]  ¹ tn Aram “after this.”

[3:3]  ¹ tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.”

[3:7]  ¹ tn Aram “all the peoples.”

[3:7]  ² tc Though not in the Aramaic text of BHS, this word appears in many medieval Hebrew MSS, some LXX MSS, and Vulgate. Cf. vv. 5, 10, 15.

[3:22]  ¹ tn Aram “caused to go up.”

[3:22]  ² tn The Aramaic verb is active.

[3:22]  ³ tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

[4:18]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Aram “of.”

[5:5]  ¹ tn Aram “came forth.”

[5:5]  ² sn The mention of the lampstand in this context is of interest because it suggests that the writing was in clear view.

[5:5]  ³ tn While Aramaic פַּס (pas) can mean the palm of the hand, here it seems to be the back of the hand that is intended.

[5:10]  ¹ tn Aram “words of the king.”

[5:10]  ² tn Aram “the queen” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). In the following discourse this woman is able to recall things about Daniel that go back to the days of Nebuchadnezzar, things that Belshazzar does not seem to recollect. It is likely that she was the wife not of Belshazzar but of Nabonidus or perhaps even Nebuchadnezzar. In that case, “queen” here means “queen mother” (cf. NCV “the king’s mother”).

[5:10]  ³ tn Aram “The queen.” The translation has used the pronoun “she” instead because repetition of the noun here would be redundant in terms of English style.

[5:12]  ¹ tc The translation reads מִפְשַׁר (mifshar) rather than the MT מְפַשַּׁר (mÿfashar) and later in the verse reads וּמִשְׁרֵא (mishre’) rather than the MT וּמְשָׁרֵא (mÿshare’). The Masoretes have understood these Aramaic forms to be participles, but they are more likely to be vocalized as infinitives. As such, they have an epexegetical function in the syntax of their clause.

[5:12]  ² tn Aram “to loose knots.”

[5:12]  ³ tn Aram “let [Daniel] be summoned.”

[6:4]  ¹ tn Aram “looking to find.”

[6:4]  ² tn Aram “from the side of the kingdom.”

[6:4]  ³ tn Aram “pretext and corruption.”

[6:4]  ⁴ 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.”

[3:29]  ¹ tn Aram “from me is placed an edict.”

[3:29]  ² tn Aram “speaks negligence.”

[6:10]  ¹ tn Aram “knew.”

[6:10]  ² sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.

[6:10]  ³ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:10]  ⁴ sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.

[6:10]  ⁵ tc Read with several medieval Hebrew MSS and printed editions הֲוָה (havah) rather than the MT הוּא (hu’).

[6:10]  ⁶ tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).