Daniel 4:31

4:31 While these words were still on the king’s lips, ¹  a voice came down from heaven: “It is hereby announced to you, ²  King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you!

Daniel 5:10

5:10 Due to the noise ³  caused by the king and his nobles, the queen mother ⁴  then entered the banquet room. She ⁵  said, “O king, live forever! Don’t be alarmed! Don’t be shaken!

Daniel 10:6

10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper, ⁶  and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; ⁷  his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice ⁸  thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

[4:31]  ¹ tn Aram “in the mouth of the king.”

[4:31]  ² tn Aram “to you they say.”

[5:10]  ³ tn Aram “words of the king.”

[5:10]  ⁴ tn Aram “the queen” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). In the following discourse this woman is able to recall things about Daniel that go back to the days of Nebuchadnezzar, things that Belshazzar does not seem to recollect. It is likely that she was the wife not of Belshazzar but of Nabonidus or perhaps even Nebuchadnezzar. In that case, “queen” here means “queen mother” (cf. NCV “the king’s mother”).

[5:10]  ⁵ tn Aram “The queen.” The translation has used the pronoun “she” instead because repetition of the noun here would be redundant in terms of English style.

[10:6]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew word translated “yellow jasper” is תַּרשִׁישׁ (tarshish); it appears to be a semiprecious stone, but its exact identity is somewhat uncertain. It may be the yellow jasper, although this is conjectural. Cf. NAB, NIV “chrysolite”; NASB, NRSV “beryl.”

[10:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “torches of fire.”

[10:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).