Daniel 3:5

3:5 When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, ¹  trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must ²  bow down and pay homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has erected.

Daniel 3:10

3:10 You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.

Daniel 1:17

1:17 Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom – and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

Daniel 1:9

1:9 Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel. ³ 

Daniel 3:7

3:7 Therefore when they all ⁴  heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, ⁵  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 6:23

6:23 Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God.

Daniel 3:15

3:15 Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don’t pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?” ⁶ 

Daniel 9:9

9:9 Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, ⁷  even though we have rebelled against him.

Daniel 1:4

1:4 young men in whom there was no physical defect and who were handsome, ⁸  well versed in all kinds of wisdom, well educated ⁹  and having keen insight, ¹⁰  and who were capable ¹¹  of entering the king’s royal service ¹²  – and to teach them the literature and language ¹³  of the Babylonians. ¹⁴ 

Daniel 4:27

4:27 Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.” ¹⁵ 

Daniel 9:4

9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way:

“O Lord, ¹⁶  great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant ¹⁷  with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ¹⁸  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ¹⁹  and the city called by your name. ²⁰  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ²¹  but because your compassion is abundant.

[3:5]  ¹ sn The word zither (Aramaic קִיתָרוֹס [qitaros]), and the words for harp (Aramaic פְּסַנְתֵּרִין [pÿsanterin]) and pipes (Aramaic סוּמְפֹּנְיָה [sumponÿyah]), are of Greek derivation. Though much has been made of this in terms of suggesting a date in the Hellenistic period for the writing of the book, it is not surprising that a few Greek cultural terms, all of them the names of musical instruments, should appear in this book. As a number of scholars have pointed out, the bigger surprise (if, in fact, the book is to be dated to the Hellenistic period) may be that there are so few Greek loanwords in Daniel.

[3:5]  ² tn The imperfect Aramaic verbs have here an injunctive nuance.

[1:9]  ³ tn Heb “Then God granted Daniel loyal love and compassion before the overseer of the court officials.” The expression “loyal love and compassion” is a hendiadys; the two words combine to express one idea.

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Aram “all the peoples.”

[3:7]  ⁶ 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.

[3:15]  ⁷ tn Aram “hand.” So also in v. 17.

[9:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “to the Lord our God (belong) compassion and forgiveness.”

[1:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “good of appearance.”

[1:4]  ¹² tn Heb “knowers of knowledge.”

[1:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “understanders of knowledge.”

[1:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “who had strength.”

[1:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to stand in the palace of the king.” Cf. vv. 5, 19.

[1:4]  ¹⁶ sn The language of the Chaldeans referred to here is Akkadian, an East Semitic cuneiform language.

[1:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Chaldeans” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV). This is an ancient name for the Babylonians.

[4:27]  ¹³ tn Aram “if there may be a lengthening to your prosperity.”

[9:4]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in vv. 7, 9, 15, 16, and 19 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[9:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[9:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[9:18]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

[9:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

[9:18]  ²⁰ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”