Daniel 9:22

9:22 He spoke with me, instructing me as follows: ¹  “Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you.

Daniel 1:20

1:20 In every matter of wisdom and ²  insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times ³  better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire.

Daniel 8:15

An Angel Interprets Daniel’s Vision

8:15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.

Daniel 10:1

An Angel Appears to Daniel

10:1 ⁴ In the third ⁵  year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. ⁶  He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.

[9:22]  ¹ tn Heb “he instructed and spoke with me.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[1:20]  ² tc The MT lacks the conjunction, reading the first word in the phrase as a construct (“wisdom of insight”). While this reading is not impossible, it seems better to follow Theodotion, the Syriac, the Vulgate, and the Sahidic Coptic, all of which have the conjunction.

[1:20]  ³ tn Heb “hands.”

[10:1]  ³ sn This chapter begins the final unit in the book of Daniel, consisting of chapters 10-12. The traditional chapter divisions to some extent obscure the relationship of these chapters.

[10:1]  ⁴ tc The LXX has “first.”

[10:1]  ⁵ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word צָבָא (tsava’) is uncertain in this context. The word most often refers to an army or warfare. It may also mean “hard service,” and many commentators take that to be the sense here (i.e., “the service was great”). The present translation assumes the reference to be to the spiritual conflicts described, for example, in 10:16–11:1.