Daniel 4:2

4:2 I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.

Daniel 6:1

Daniel is Thrown into a Lions’ Den

6:1 It seemed like a good idea to Darius ¹  to appoint over the kingdom 120 satraps ²  who would be in charge of the entire kingdom.

Daniel 1:4

1:4 young men in whom there was no physical defect and who were handsome, ³  well versed in all kinds of wisdom, well educated ⁴  and having keen insight, ⁵  and who were capable ⁶  of entering the king’s royal service ⁷  – and to teach them the literature and language ⁸  of the Babylonians. ⁹ 

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?” ¹⁰ 

Daniel 11:24

11:24 In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long. ¹¹ 

Daniel 2:14

2:14 Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel ¹²  to Arioch, who was in charge of the king’s executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 11:41

11:41 Then he will enter the beautiful land. ¹³  Many ¹⁴  will fall, but these will escape: ¹⁵  Edom, Moab, and the Ammonite leadership.

Daniel 11:45

11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas ¹⁶  toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.

Daniel 1:20

1:20 In every matter of wisdom and ¹⁷  insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times ¹⁸  better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire.

Daniel 10:19

10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ¹⁹  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ²⁰  for you have given me strength.”

Daniel 11:16

11:16 The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power. ²¹ 

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 ²²  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

[6:1]  ¹ tn Aram “It was pleasing before Darius.”

[6:1]  ² tn This is a technical term for an official placed in charge of a region of the empire (cf. KJV, NLT “prince[s]”; NCV, TEV “governors”). These satraps were answerable to a supervisor, who in turn answered to Darius.

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “good of appearance.”

[1:4]  ² tn Heb “knowers of knowledge.”

[1:4]  ³ tn Heb “understanders of knowledge.”

[1:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “who had strength.”

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

[1:4]  ⁶ sn The language of the Chaldeans referred to here is Akkadian, an East Semitic cuneiform language.

[1:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “Chaldeans” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV). This is an ancient name for the Babylonians.

[3:15]  ¹ tn Aram “hand.” So also in v. 17.

[11:24]  ¹ tn Heb “and unto a time.”

[2:14]  ¹ tn Aram “returned prudence and counsel.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[11:41]  ¹ sn The beautiful land is a cryptic reference to the land of Israel.

[11:41]  ² tn This can be understood as “many people” (cf. NRSV) or “many countries” (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).

[11:41]  ³ tn Heb “be delivered from his hand.”

[11:45]  ¹ sn Presumably seas refers to the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea.

[1:20]  ¹ tc The MT lacks the conjunction, reading the first word in the phrase as a construct (“wisdom of insight”). While this reading is not impossible, it seems better to follow Theodotion, the Syriac, the Vulgate, and the Sahidic Coptic, all of which have the conjunction.

[1:20]  ² tn Heb “hands.”

[10:19]  ¹ tn Heb “treasured man.”

[10:19]  ² tn Heb “my lord may speak.”

[11:16]  ¹ tn Heb “hand.”

[6:7]  ¹ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”