Daniel 9:3

9:3 So I turned my attention ¹  to the Lord God ²  to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. ³ 

Daniel 1:8

1:8 But Daniel made up his mind ⁴  that he would not defile ⁵  himself with the royal delicacies or the royal wine. ⁶  He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself.

Daniel 1:20

1:20 In every matter of wisdom and ⁷  insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times ⁸  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.

[9:3]  ¹ tn Heb “face.”

[9:3]  ² tn The Hebrew phrase translated “Lord God” here is אֲדֹנָי הָאֱלֹהִים (’adonay ha’elohim).

[9:3]  ³ sn When lamenting, ancient Israelites would fast, wear sackcloth, and put ashes on their heads to show their sorrow and contrition.

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “placed on his heart.”

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Or “would not make himself ceremonially unclean”; TEV “become ritually unclean.”

[1:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “with the delicacies of the king and with the wine of his drinking.”

[1:20]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “hands.”