Daniel 2:9

2:9 If you don’t inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. ¹  For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful ²  until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence ³  that you can disclose its interpretation.”

Daniel 2:31

2:31 “You, O king, were watching as a great statue – one ⁴  of impressive size and extraordinary brightness – was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm.

Daniel 2:35

2:35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction ⁵  and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

Daniel 3:19

3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed ⁶  toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders ⁷  to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.

Daniel 4:19

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

4:19 Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; ⁸  his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir, ⁹  if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!

Daniel 6:2

6:2 Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable ¹⁰  to them, so that the king’s interests might not incur damage.

Daniel 6:17

6:17 Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening ¹¹  to the den. The king sealed ¹²  it with his signet ring and with those ¹³  of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel.

Daniel 7:1

Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea

7:1 In the first ¹⁴  year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had ¹⁵  a dream filled with visions ¹⁶  while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. ¹⁷ 

Daniel 7:5

7:5 “Then ¹⁸  a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs ¹⁹  in its mouth between its teeth. ²⁰  It was told, ²¹  ‘Get up and devour much flesh!’

Daniel 7:16

7:16 I approached one of those standing nearby and asked him about the meaning ²²  of all this. So he spoke with me and revealed ²³  to me the interpretation of the vision: ²⁴ 

[2:9]  ¹ tn Aram “one is your law,” i.e., only one thing is applicable to you.

[2:9]  ² tn Aram “a lying and corrupt word.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Aram “I will know.”

[2:31]  ⁴ tn Aram “an image.”

[2:35]  ⁵ tn Aram “as one.” For the meaning “without distinction” see the following: F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 36, §64, and p. 93; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 60.

[3:19]  ⁶ tn Aram “the appearance of his face was altered”; cf. NLT “his face became distorted with rage”; NAB “[his] face became livid with utter rage.”

[3:19]  ⁷ tn Aram “he answered and said.”

[4:19]  ⁸ tn Aram “about one hour.” The expression refers idiomatically to a brief period of time of undetermined length.

[4:19]  ⁹ tn Aram “my lord.”

[6:2]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “giving an account.”

[6:17]  ¹¹ tn Aram “mouth.”

[6:17]  ¹² sn The purpose of the den being sealed was to prevent unauthorized tampering with the opening of the den. Any disturbance of the seal would immediately alert the officials to improper activity of this sort.

[6:17]  ¹³ tn Aram “the signet rings.”

[7:1]  ¹⁴ sn The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 553 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 67 years old at the time of this vision.

[7:1]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “saw.”

[7:1]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “and visions of his head.” The Aramaic is difficult here. Some scholars add a verb thought to be missing (e.g., “the visions of his head [were alarming him]”), but there is no external evidence to support such a decision and the awkwardness of the text at this point may be original.

[7:1]  ¹⁷ tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV “the substance of his dream.”

[7:5]  ¹⁸ tn Aram “and behold.”

[7:5]  ¹⁹ sn The three ribs held securely in the mouth of the bear, perhaps representing Media-Persia, apparently symbolize military conquest, but the exact identity of the “ribs” is not clear. Possibly it is a reference to the Persian conquest of Lydia, Egypt, and Babylonia.

[7:5]  ²⁰ tc The LXX lacks the phrase “between its teeth.”

[7:5]  ²¹ tn Aram “and thus they were saying to it.”

[7:16]  ²² tn Aram “what is certain.”

[7:16]  ²³ tn Aram “and made known.”

[7:16]  ²⁴ tn Aram “matter,” but the matter at hand is of course the vision.