Daniel 3:8

3:8 Now ¹  at that time certain ²  Chaldeans came forward and brought malicious accusations against ³  the Jews.

Daniel 7:23

7:23 “This is what he told me: ⁴ 

‘The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth

that will differ from all the other kingdoms.

It will devour all the earth

and will trample and crush it.

Daniel 4:33

4:33 Now in that very moment ⁵  this pronouncement about ⁶  Nebuchadnezzar came true. ⁷  He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws. ⁸ 

Daniel 6:24

6:24 The king gave another order, ⁹  and those men who had maliciously accused ¹⁰  Daniel were brought and thrown ¹¹  into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. ¹²  They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Daniel 7:5

7:5 “Then ¹³  a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs ¹⁴  in its mouth between its teeth. ¹⁵  It was told, ¹⁶  ‘Get up and devour much flesh!’

Daniel 7:19

7:19 “Then I wanted to know the meaning ¹⁷  of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others. It was very dreadful, with two rows of iron teeth and bronze claws, and it devoured, crushed, and trampled anything that was left with its feet.

Daniel 7:7

7:7 “After these things, as I was watching in the night visions ¹⁸  a fourth beast appeared – one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. ¹⁹  It had two large rows ²⁰  of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.

[3:8]  ¹ tc This expression is absent in Theodotion.

[3:8]  ² tn Aram “men.”

[3:8]  ³ tn Aram “ate the pieces of.” This is a rather vivid idiom for slander.

[7:23]  ⁴ tn Aram “thus he said.”

[4:33]  ⁷ tn Aram “hour.”

[4:33]  ⁸ tn Or “on.”

[4:33]  ⁹ tn Aram “was fulfilled.”

[4:33]  ¹⁰ tn The words “feathers” and “claws” are not present in the Aramaic text, but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[6:24]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “said.”

[6:24]  ¹¹ tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions.

[6:24]  ¹² tn The Aramaic active impersonal verb is often used as a substitute for the passive.

[6:24]  ¹³ tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.

[7:5]  ¹³ tn Aram “and behold.”

[7:5]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ tc The LXX lacks the phrase “between its teeth.”

[7:5]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “and thus they were saying to it.”

[7:19]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “to make certain.”

[7:7]  ¹⁹ tn The Aramaic text has also “and behold.” So also in vv. 8, 13.

[7:7]  ²⁰ sn The fourth animal differs from the others in that it is nondescript. Apparently it was so fearsome that Daniel could find nothing with which to compare it. Attempts to identify this animal as an elephant or other known creature are conjectural.

[7:7]  ²¹ tn The Aramaic word for “teeth” is dual rather than plural, suggesting two rows of teeth.