Daniel 1:5

1:5 So the king assigned them a daily ration ¹  from his royal delicacies ²  and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained ³  for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service. ⁴ 

Daniel 1:18

1:18 When the time appointed by the king arrived, ⁵  the overseer of the court officials brought them into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence.

Daniel 2:14

2:14 Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel ⁶  to Arioch, who was in charge of the king’s executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:40

2:40 Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces ⁷  all of these metals, ⁸  so it will break in pieces and crush the others. ⁹ 

Daniel 3:14

3:14 Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my gods and that you don’t pay homage to the golden statue that I erected?

Daniel 3:22

3:22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted ¹⁰  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed ¹¹  by the leaping flames. ¹² 

Daniel 3:25

3:25 He answered, “But I see four men, untied and walking around in the midst of the fire! No harm has come to them! And the appearance of the fourth is like that of a god!” ¹³ 

Daniel 4:8

4:8 Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, ¹⁴  and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well,

Daniel 6:2

6:2 Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable ¹⁵  to them, so that the king’s interests might not incur damage.

Daniel 9:6

9:6 We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority ¹⁶  to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, ¹⁷  and to all the inhabitants ¹⁸  of the land as well.

Daniel 10:3

10:3 I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, ¹⁹  nor did I anoint myself with oil ²⁰  until the end of those three weeks.

Daniel 10:8

10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ²¹  me, and my vigor disappeared; ²²  I was without energy. ²³ 

Daniel 11:14

11:14 “In those times many will oppose ²⁴  the king of the south. ²⁵  Those who are violent ²⁶  among your own people will rise up in confirmation of ²⁷  the vision, but they will falter.

Daniel 11:37

11:37 He will not respect ²⁸  the gods of his fathers – not even the god loved by women. ²⁹  He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all.

[1:5]  ¹ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

[1:5]  ² tn Heb “from the delicacies of the king.”

[1:5]  ³ tn Or “educated.” See HALOT 179 s.v. I גדל.

[1:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “stand before the king.”

[1:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “at the end of the days which the king said to bring them.”

[2:14]  ⁶ tn Aram “returned prudence and counsel.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[2:40]  ⁷ tc Theodotion and the Vulgate lack the phrase “and as iron breaks in pieces.”

[2:40]  ⁸ tn The Aramaic text does not have this word, but it has been added in the translation for clarity.

[2:40]  ⁹ tn The words “the others” are supplied from the context.

[3:22]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “caused to go up.”

[3:22]  ¹¹ tn The Aramaic verb is active.

[3:22]  ¹² tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

[3:25]  ¹³ sn The phrase like that of a god is in Aramaic “like that of a son of the gods.” Many patristic writers understood this phrase in a christological sense (i.e., “the Son of God”). But it should be remembered that these are words spoken by a pagan who is seeking to explain things from his own polytheistic frame of reference; for him the phrase “like a son of the gods” is equivalent to “like a divine being.”

[4:8]  ¹⁴ sn This explanation of the meaning of the name Belteshazzar may be more of a paronomasia than a strict etymology.

[6:2]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “giving an account.”

[9:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “in your name.” Another option is to translate, “as your representatives.”

[9:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “our fathers” (also in vv. 8, 16). The Hebrew term translated “father” can refer to more distant relationships such as grandfathers or ancestors.

[9:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “people.”

[10:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “mouth.”

[10:3]  ²⁰ sn Anointing oneself with oil (usually olive oil) was a common OT practice due to the severity of the Middle Eastern sun (cf. Ps 121:6). It was also associated with rejoicing (e.g., Prov 27:9) and was therefore usually not practiced during a period of mourning.

[10:8]  ²¹ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

[10:8]  ²² tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

[10:8]  ²³ tn Heb “strength.”

[11:14]  ²⁴ tn Heb “stand against.”

[11:14]  ²⁵ sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181 B.C.).

[11:14]  ²⁶ tn Heb “sons of violence.” “Son(s) is sometimes used idiomatically in Hebrew to indicate that someone is characterized by a certain quality. So the expression “sons of violence” means that these individuals will be characterized by violent deeds.

[11:14]  ²⁷ tn Heb “to cause to stand.”

[11:37]  ²⁸ tn Heb “consider.”

[11:37]  ²⁹ tn Heb “[the one] desired by women.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.