Daniel 6:8

6:8 Now let the king issue a written interdict ¹  so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. ² 

Daniel 7:25

7:25 He will speak words against the Most High.

He will harass ³  the holy ones of the Most High continually.

His intention ⁴  will be to change times established by law. ⁵ 

They will be delivered into his hand

For a time, times, ⁶  and half a time.

[6:8]  ¹ tn Aram “establish a written interdict and inscribe a written decree.”

[6:8]  ² tn Or “removed.”

[7:25]  ³ tn Aram “wear out” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV); NASB, NLT “wear down.” The word is a hapax legomenon in biblical Aramaic, but in biblical Hebrew it especially refers to wearing out such things as garments. Here it is translated “harass…continually.”

[7:25]  ⁴ tn Aram “he will think.”

[7:25]  ⁵ tn Aram “times and law.” The present translation is based on the understanding that the expression is a hendiadys.

[7:25]  ⁶ sn Although the word times is vocalized in the MT as a plural, it probably should be regarded as a dual. The Masoretes may have been influenced here by the fact that in late Aramaic (and Syriac) the dual forms fall out of use. The meaning would thus be three and a half “times.”