Daniel 11:37

11:37 He will not respect ¹  the gods of his fathers – not even the god loved by women. ²  He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all.

Daniel 4:21

4:21 whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals ³  used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest –

Daniel 4:12

4:12 Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful;

on it there was food enough for all.

Under it the wild animals ⁴  used to seek shade,

and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest.

All creatures ⁵  used to feed themselves from it.

Daniel 11:30

11:30 The ships of Kittim ⁶  will come against him, leaving him disheartened. ⁷  He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor ⁸  those who forsake the holy covenant.

Daniel 9:19

9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ⁹ 

Daniel 6:13

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ¹⁰  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ¹¹ 

Daniel 2:6

2:6 But if you can disclose the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, a reward, and considerable honor. So disclose to me the dream and its interpretation!”

Daniel 11:38

11:38 What he will honor is a god of fortresses – a god his fathers did not acknowledge he will honor with gold, silver, valuable stones, and treasured commodities.

Daniel 2:31

2:31 “You, O king, were watching as a great statue – one ¹²  of impressive size and extraordinary brightness – was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm.

Daniel 4:30

4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence ¹³  by my own mighty strength ¹⁴  and for my majestic honor?”

Daniel 5:14

5:14 I have heard about you, how there is a spirit of the gods in you, and how you have ¹⁵  insight, discernment, and extraordinary wisdom.

Daniel 11:8

11:8 He will also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from ¹⁶  the king of the north.

Daniel 2:48

2:48 Then the king elevated Daniel to high position and bestowed on him many marvelous gifts. He granted him authority over the entire province of Babylon and made him the main prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 11:41

11:41 Then he will enter the beautiful land. ¹⁷  Many ¹⁸  will fall, but these will escape: ¹⁹  Edom, Moab, and the Ammonite leadership.

Daniel 3:12

3:12 But there are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego – and these men ²⁰  have not shown proper respect to you, O king. They don’t serve your gods and they don’t pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”

Daniel 5:12

5:12 Thus there was found in this man Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar, an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and skill to interpret ²¹  dreams, solve riddles, and decipher knotty problems. ²²  Now summon ²³  Daniel, and he will disclose the interpretation.”

Daniel 8:5

8:5 While I was contemplating all this, ²⁴  a male goat ²⁵  was coming from the west over the surface of all the land ²⁶  without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn ²⁷  between its eyes.

Daniel 8:8

8:8 The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns ²⁸  in its place, ²⁹  extending toward the four winds of the sky. ³⁰ 

Daniel 11:20

11:20 There will arise after him ³¹  one ³²  who will send out an exactor ³³  of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, ³⁴  though not in anger or battle.

[11:37]  ¹ tn Heb “consider.”

[11:37]  ² tn Heb “[the one] desired by women.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:21]  ³ tn Aram “the beasts of the field” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).

[4:12]  ⁴ tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”

[4:12]  ⁵ tn Aram “all flesh.”

[11:30]  ⁶ sn The name Kittim has various designations in extra-biblical literature. It can refer to a location on the island of Cyprus, or more generally to the island itself, or it can be an inclusive term to refer to parts of the Mediterranean world that lay west of the Middle East (e.g., Rome). For ships of Kittim the Greek OT (LXX) has “Romans,” an interpretation followed by a few English versions (e.g., TEV). A number of times in the Dead Sea Scrolls the word is used in reference to the Romans. Other English versions are more generic: “[ships] of the western coastlands” (NIV, NLT); “from the west” (NCV, CEV).

[11:30]  ⁷ sn This is apparently a reference to the Roman forces, led by Gaius Popilius Laenas, which confronted Antiochus when he came to Egypt and demanded that he withdraw or face the wrath of Rome. Antiochus wisely withdrew from Egypt, albeit in a state of bitter frustration.

[11:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “show regard for.”

[9:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.

[6:13]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

[6:13]  ¹¹ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

[2:31]  ¹² tn Aram “an image.”

[4:30]  ¹³ tn Aram “house.”

[4:30]  ¹⁴ tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”

[5:14]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “there has been found in you.”

[11:8]  ¹⁶ tn The Hebrew preposition מִן (min) is used here with the verb עָמַד (’amad, “to stand”). It probably has a sense of separation (“stand away from”), although it may also be understood in an adversative sense (“stand against”).

[11:41]  ¹⁷ sn The beautiful land is a cryptic reference to the land of Israel.

[11:41]  ¹⁸ tn This can be understood as “many people” (cf. NRSV) or “many countries” (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).

[11:41]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “be delivered from his hand.”

[3:12]  ²⁰ sn Daniel’s absence from this scene has sparked the imagination of commentators, some of whom have suggested that perhaps he was unable to attend the dedication due to sickness or due to being away on business. Hippolytus supposed that Daniel may have been watching from a distance.

[5:12]  ²¹ tc The translation reads מִפְשַׁר (mifshar) rather than the MT מְפַשַּׁר (mÿfashar) and later in the verse reads וּמִשְׁרֵא (mishre’) rather than the MT וּמְשָׁרֵא (mÿshare’). The Masoretes have understood these Aramaic forms to be participles, but they are more likely to be vocalized as infinitives. As such, they have an epexegetical function in the syntax of their clause.

[5:12]  ²² tn Aram “to loose knots.”

[5:12]  ²³ tn Aram “let [Daniel] be summoned.”

[8:5]  ²⁴ tn The words “all this” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[8:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and behold, a he-goat of the goats.”

[8:5]  ²⁶ tn Or “of the whole earth” (NAB, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[8:5]  ²⁷ tn Heb “a horn of vision” [or “conspicuousness”], i.e., “a conspicuous horn,” one easily seen.

[8:8]  ²⁸ tn The word “horns” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[8:8]  ²⁹ sn The four conspicuous horns refer to Alexander’s successors. After his death, Alexander’s empire was divided up among four of his generals: Cassander, who took Macedonia and Greece; Lysimachus, who took Thrace and parts of Asia Minor; Seleucus, who took Syria and territory to its east; and Ptolemy, who took control of Egypt.

[8:8]  ³⁰ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[11:20]  ³¹ tn Heb “on his place.”

[11:20]  ³² sn The one who will send out an exactor of tribute was Seleucus IV Philopator (ca. 187-176 B.C.).

[11:20]  ³³ sn Perhaps this exactor of tribute was Heliodorus (cf. 2 Maccabees 3).

[11:20]  ³⁴ tn Heb “broken” or “shattered.”