Discovery BoxDaniel 5:10
Context5:10 Due to the noise 1 caused by the king and his nobles, the queen mother 2 then entered the banquet room. She 3 said, “O king, live forever! Don’t be alarmed! Don’t be shaken!
Daniel 7:14
Context7:14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty.
All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving 4 him.
His authority is eternal and will not pass away. 5
His kingdom will not be destroyed. 6
Daniel 7:27
Context7:27 Then the kingdom, authority,
and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven
will be delivered to the people of the holy ones 7 of the Most High.
His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;
all authorities will serve him and obey him.’
Daniel 6:26
Context6:26 I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.
“For he is the living God;
he endures forever.
His kingdom will not be destroyed;
his authority is forever. 8
[5:10] 1 tn Aram “words of the king.”
[5:10] 2 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] 3 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.
[7:14] 4 tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.”
[7:14] 5 tn Aram “is an eternal authority which will not pass away.”
[7:14] 6 tn Aram “is one which will not be destroyed.”
[7:27] 7 tn If the “holy ones” are angels, then this probably refers to the angels as protectors of God’s people. If the “holy ones” are God’s people, then this is an appositional construction, “the people who are the holy ones.” See 8:24 for the corresponding Hebrew phrase and the note there.
