Daniel 4:14

4:14 He called out loudly ¹  as follows: ² 

‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches!

Strip off its foliage

and scatter its fruit!

Let the animals flee from under it

and the birds from its branches!

Daniel 4:35

4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. ³ 

He does as he wishes with the army of heaven

and with those who inhabit the earth.

No one slaps ⁴  his hand

and says to him, ‘What have you done?’

Daniel 5:7

5:7 The king called out loudly ⁵  to summon ⁶  the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed ⁷  to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple ⁸  and have a golden collar ⁹  placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

[4:14]  ¹ tn Aram “in strength.”

[4:14]  ² tn Aram “and thus he was saying.”

[4:35]  ³ tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than כְּלָה (kÿlah) of BHS.

[4:35]  ⁴ tn Aram “strikes against.”

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Aram “in strength.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Aram “cause to enter.”

[5:7]  ⁷ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[5:7]  ⁸ sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

[5:7]  ⁹ tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).