Daniel 7:8

7:8 “As I was contemplating the horns, another horn – a small one – came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. ¹  This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant ²  things.

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.

Daniel 7:2

7:2 Daniel explained: ⁷  “I was watching in my vision during the night as ⁸  the four winds of the sky ⁹  were stirring up the great sea. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 2:18

2:18 He asked them to pray for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he ¹¹  and his friends would not be destroyed along with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Jude 1:16

1:16 These people are grumblers and ¹²  fault-finders who go ¹³  wherever their desires lead them, ¹⁴  and they give bombastic speeches, ¹⁵  enchanting folks ¹⁶  for their own gain. ¹⁷ 

Revelation 13:5-6

13:5 The beast ¹⁸  was given a mouth speaking proud words ¹⁹  and blasphemies, and he was permitted ²⁰  to exercise ruling authority ²¹  for forty-two months. 13:6 So ²²  the beast ²³  opened his mouth to blaspheme against God – to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place, ²⁴  that is, those who dwell in heaven.

Revelation 20:4

20:4 Then ²⁵  I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. ²⁶  I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These ²⁷  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They ²⁸  came to life ²⁹  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:12

20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then ³⁰  books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. ³¹  So ³²  the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. ³³ 

[7:8]  ¹ tn Aram “were uprooted from before it.”

[7:8]  ² tn Aram “great.” So also in vv. 11, 20.

[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.”

[7:2]  ⁷ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[7:2]  ⁸ tn Aram “and behold.”

[7:2]  ⁹ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[7:2]  ¹⁰ sn The referent of the great sea is unclear. The common view that the expression refers to the Mediterranean Sea is conjectural.

[2:18]  ¹¹ tn Aram “Daniel.” The proper name is redundant here in English, and has not been included in the translation.

[1:16]  ¹² tn “And” is not in Greek, but is supplied for the sake of English style.

[1:16]  ¹³ tn Or “going.” Though the participle is anarthrous, so also is the subject. Thus, the participle could be either adverbial or adjectival.

[1:16]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “(who go/going) according to their own lusts.”

[1:16]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “and their mouth speaks bombastic things.”

[1:16]  ¹⁶ sn Enchanting folks (Grk “awing faces”) refers to the fact that the speeches of these false teachers are powerful and seductive.

[1:16]  ¹⁷ tn Or “to their own advantage.”

[13:5]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “and there was given to him.” Here the passive construction has been simplified, the referent (the beast) has been specified for clarity, and καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[13:5]  ¹⁹ tn For the translation “proud words” (Grk “great things” or “important things”) see BDAG 624 s.v. μέγας 4.b.

[13:5]  ²⁰ tn Grk “to it was granted.”

[13:5]  ²¹ tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

[13:6]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the permission granted to the beast.

[13:6]  ²³ tn Grk “he” (or “it”); the referent (the beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:6]  ²⁴ tc The reading “and his dwelling place” does not occur in codex C, but its omission is probably due to scribal oversight since the phrase has the same ending as the phrase before it, i.e., they both end in “his” (αὐτοῦ, autou). This is similar to the mistake this scribe made in 12:14 with the omission of the reading “and half a time” (καὶ ἥμισυ καιροῦ, kai {hmisu kairou).

[20:4]  ²⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[20:4]  ²⁶ tn Grk “I saw thrones, and those seated on them, and judgment was given to them.” BDAG 567 s.v. κρίμα 3 says, “judging, judgment, the κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς authority to judge was given to them Rv 20:4.”

[20:4]  ²⁷ tn Grk “God, and who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “these” as subject.

[20:4]  ²⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:4]  ²⁹ tn On the use of the aorist ἔζησαν (ezhsan) BDAG 425 s.v. ζάω 1.a.β says, “of dead persons who return to life become alive again: of humans in general (3 Km 17:23) Mt 9:18; Ac 9:41; 20:12; Rv 20:4, 5.”

[20:12]  ³⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[20:12]  ³¹ tn Grk “another book was opened, which is of life.”

[20:12]  ³² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the books being opened.

[20:12]  ³³ tn Grk “from the things written in the books according to their works.”