Daniel 3:24

God Delivers His Servants

3:24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, “Wasn’t it three men that we tied up and threw ¹  into ²  the fire?” They replied to the king, “For sure, O king.”

Daniel 6:13

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ³  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ⁴ 

Daniel 7:5

7:5 “Then ⁵  a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs ⁶  in its mouth between its teeth. ⁷  It was told, ⁸  ‘Get up and devour much flesh!’

Daniel 7:24

7:24 The ten horns

mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom.

Another king will arise after them,

but he will be different from the earlier ones.

He will humiliate ⁹  three kings.

[3:24]  ¹ tn Aram “we threw…bound.”

[3:24]  ² tn Aram “into the midst of.”

[6:13]  ³ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

[6:13]  ⁴ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

[7:5]  ⁵ tn Aram “and behold.”

[7:5]  ⁶ sn The three ribs held securely in the mouth of the bear, perhaps representing Media-Persia, apparently symbolize military conquest, but the exact identity of the “ribs” is not clear. Possibly it is a reference to the Persian conquest of Lydia, Egypt, and Babylonia.

[7:5]  ⁷ tc The LXX lacks the phrase “between its teeth.”

[7:5]  ⁸ tn Aram “and thus they were saying to it.”

[7:24]  ⁷ tn Or “subjugate”; KJV, NASB, NIV “subdue”; ASV, NRSV “put down.”