Daniel 4:1

4:1 (3:31) ¹  “King Nebuchadnezzar, to all peoples, nations, and language groups that live in all the land: Peace and prosperity! ² 

Daniel 6:25

6:25 Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and language groups who were living in all the land: “Peace and prosperity! ³ 

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 4:28

4:28 Now all of this happened ⁵  to King Nebuchadnezzar.

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, ⁶  for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.

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 ⁷  all of these metals, ⁸  so it will break in pieces and crush the others. ⁹ 

Daniel 6:4

6:4 Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find ¹⁰  some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. ¹¹  But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, ¹²  because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. ¹³ 

Daniel 6:7

6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays ¹⁴  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

[4:1]  ¹ sn Beginning with 4:1, the verse numbers through 4:37 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Aramaic text (BHS), with 4:1 ET = 3:31 AT, 4:2 ET = 3:32 AT, 4:3 ET = 3:33 AT, 4:4 ET = 4:1 AT, etc., through 4:37 ET = 4:34 AT. Thus Dan 3:31-33 of the Aramaic text appears as Dan 4:1-3 in the English Bible, and the corresponding verses of ch. 4 differ accordingly. In spite of the division of the Aramaic text, a good case can be made that 3:31-33 AT (= 4:1-3 ET) is actually the introduction to ch. 4.

[4:1]  ² tn Aram “May your peace increase!”

[6:25]  ³ tn Aram “May your peace be increased!”

[7:23]  ⁵ tn Aram “thus he said.”

[4:28]  ⁷ tn Aram “reached.”

[2:10]  ⁹ tn Aram “matter, thing.”

[2:40]  ¹¹ tc Theodotion and the Vulgate lack the phrase “and as iron breaks in pieces.”

[2:40]  ¹² tn The Aramaic text does not have this word, but it has been added in the translation for clarity.

[2:40]  ¹³ tn The words “the others” are supplied from the context.

[6:4]  ¹³ tn Aram “looking to find.”

[6:4]  ¹⁴ tn Aram “from the side of the kingdom.”

[6:4]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “pretext and corruption.”

[6:4]  ¹⁶ 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.”

[6:7]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”