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

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

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

¹ In the third ²  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. ³  He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.