Daniel 4:21

4:21 whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals ¹  used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest –

Daniel 7:6

7:6 “After these things, ²  as I was watching, another beast ³  like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. ⁴  This beast had four heads, ⁵  and ruling authority was given to it.

Daniel 7:11

7:11 “Then I kept on watching because of the arrogant words of the horn that was speaking. I was watching ⁶  until the beast was killed and its body destroyed and thrown into ⁷  the flaming fire.

[4:21]  ¹ tn Aram “the beasts of the field” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).

[7:6]  ² tn Aram “this.” So also in v. 7.

[7:6]  ³ tn Aram “and behold, another one.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Or “sides.”

[7:6]  ⁵ sn If the third animal is Greece, the most likely identification of these four heads is the four-fold division of the empire of Alexander the Great following his death. See note on Dan 8:8.

[7:11]  ³ tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “I was watching” here. It is possible that these words in the MT are a dittography from the first part of the verse.

[7:11]  ⁴ tn Aram “and given over to” (so NRSV).