Daniel 2:44

2:44 In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.

Daniel 4:23

4:23 As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him’ –

Daniel 4:33

4:33 Now in that very moment ¹  this pronouncement about ²  Nebuchadnezzar came true. ³  He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws. ⁴ 

Daniel 5:21

5:21 He was driven from human society, his mind ⁵  was changed to that of an animal, he lived ⁶  with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

Daniel 7:9

7:9 “While I was watching,

thrones were set up,

and the Ancient of Days ⁷  took his seat.

His attire was white like snow;

the hair of his head was like lamb’s ⁸  wool.

His throne was ablaze with fire

and its wheels were all aflame. ⁹ 

Daniel 11:6

11:6 After some years have passed, they ¹⁰  will form an alliance. Then the daughter ¹¹  of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power, ¹²  nor will he continue ¹³  in his strength. ¹⁴  She, together with the one who brought her, her child, ¹⁵  and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time. ¹⁶ 

[4:33]  ¹ tn Aram “hour.”

[4:33]  ² tn Or “on.”

[4:33]  ³ tn Aram “was fulfilled.”

[4:33]  ⁴ tn The words “feathers” and “claws” are not present in the Aramaic text, but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  ⁵ tn Aram “heart.”

[5:21]  ⁶ tn Aram “his dwelling.”

[7:9]  ⁷ tn Or “the Ancient One” (NAB, NRSV, NLT), although the traditional expression has been retained in the present translation because it is familiar to many readers. Cf. TEV “One who had been living for ever”; CEV “the Eternal God.”

[7:9]  ⁸ tn Traditionally the Aramaic word נְקֵא (nÿqe’) has been rendered “pure,” but here it more likely means “of a lamb.” Cf. the Syriac neqya’ (“a sheep, ewe”). On this word see further, M. Sokoloff, “’amar neqe’, ‘Lamb’s Wool’ (Dan 7:9),” JBL 95 (1976): 277-79.

[7:9]  ⁹ tn Aram “a flaming fire.”

[11:6]  ¹⁰ sn Here they refers to Ptolemy II Philadelphus (ca. 285-246 B.C.) and Antiochus II Theos (ca. 262-246 B.C.).

[11:6]  ¹¹ sn The daughter refers to Berenice, who was given in marriage to Antiochus II Theos.

[11:6]  ¹² tn Heb “the strength of the arm.”

[11:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “stand.” So also in vv. 7, 8, 11, 13.

[11:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and his arm.” Some understand this to refer to the descendants of the king of the north.

[11:6]  ¹⁵ tc The present translation reads יַלְדָּה (yaldah, “her child”) rather than the MT יֹלְדָהּ (yolÿdah, “the one who begot her”). Cf. Theodotion, the Syriac, and the Vulgate.

[11:6]  ¹⁶ sn Antiochus II eventually divorced Berenice and remarried his former wife Laodice, who then poisoned her husband, had Berenice put to death, and installed her own son, Seleucus II Callinicus (ca. 246-227 B.C.), as the Seleucid king.