Daniel 8:5

8:5 While I was contemplating all this, ¹  a male goat ²  was coming from the west over the surface of all the land ³  without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn ⁴  between its eyes.

Daniel 9:2

9:2 in the first year of his reign ⁵  I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books ⁶  that, according to the word of the LORD ⁷  disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem ⁸  were seventy in number.

Daniel 10:7

10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. ⁹  On the contrary, they were overcome with fright ¹⁰  and ran away to hide.

Daniel 11:17

11:17 His intention ¹¹  will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. ¹²  He will give the king of the south ¹³  a daughter ¹⁴  in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.

[8:5]  ¹ tn The words “all this” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[8:5]  ² tn Heb “and behold, a he-goat of the goats.”

[8:5]  ³ tn Or “of the whole earth” (NAB, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[8:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “a horn of vision” [or “conspicuousness”], i.e., “a conspicuous horn,” one easily seen.

[9:2]  ⁵ tc This phrase, repeated from v. 1, is absent in Theodotion.

[9:2]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “books”; the word “sacred” has been added in the translation to clarify that it is Scriptures that are referred to.

[9:2]  ⁷ sn The tetragrammaton (the four Hebrew letters which constitute the divine Name, YHWH) appears eight times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the book of Daniel.

[9:2]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “the vision.”

[10:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”

[11:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he will set his face.” Cf. vv. 18, 19.

[11:17]  ¹⁴ tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).

[11:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”