Daniel 12:10

12:10 Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.

Daniel 7:11

7:11 “Then I kept on watching because of the arrogant words of the horn that was speaking. I was watching ¹  until the beast was killed and its body destroyed and thrown into ²  the flaming fire.

Daniel 8:6

8:6 It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength. ³ 

Daniel 8:3

8:3 I looked up ⁴  and saw ⁵  a ⁶  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ⁷  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 7:9

7:9 “While I was watching,

thrones were set up,

and the Ancient of Days ⁸  took his seat.

His attire was white like snow;

the hair of his head was like lamb’s ⁹  wool.

His throne was ablaze with fire

and its wheels were all aflame. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 11:12

11:12 When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. ¹¹  He will be responsible for the death ¹²  of thousands and thousands of people, ¹³  but he will not continue to prevail.

Daniel 7:13

7:13 I was watching in the night visions,

“And with ¹⁴  the clouds of the sky ¹⁵ 

one like a son of man ¹⁶  was approaching.

He went up to the Ancient of Days

and was escorted ¹⁷  before him.

Daniel 11:16

11:16 The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power. ¹⁸ 

Daniel 7:4

7:4 “The first one was like a lion with eagles’ wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off and it was lifted up from the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind ¹⁹  was given to it. ²⁰ 

Daniel 8:2

8:2 In this ²¹  vision I saw myself in Susa ²²  the citadel, ²³  which is located in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw myself at the Ulai Canal. ²⁴ 

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ²⁵  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ²⁶  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ²⁷ 

there will be a period of seven weeks ²⁸  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ²⁹  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

Daniel 1:13

1:13 Then compare our appearance ³⁰  with that of ³¹  the young men who are eating the royal delicacies; ³²  deal with us ³³  in light of what you see.”

Daniel 9:20

Gabriel Gives to Daniel a Prophecy of Seventy Weeks

9:20 While I was still speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my request before the LORD my God concerning his holy mountain ³⁴  –

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. ³⁵  For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful ³⁶  until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence ³⁷  that you can disclose its interpretation.”

[7:11]  ¹ tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “I was watching” here. It is possible that these words in the MT are a dittography from the first part of the verse.

[7:11]  ² tn Aram “and given over to” (so NRSV).

[8:6]  ³ tn Heb “the wrath of its strength.”

[8:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

[8:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and behold.”

[8:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

[8:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

[7:9]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “a flaming fire.”

[11:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his heart will be lifted up.” The referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:12]  ¹² tn Heb “cause to fall.”

[11:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “of myriads.”

[7:13]  ¹⁴ tc The LXX has ἐπί (epi, “upon”) here (cf. Matt 24:30; 26:64). Theodotion has μετά (meta, “with”) here (cf. Mark 14:62; Rev 1:7).

[7:13]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[7:13]  ¹⁶ sn This text is probably the main OT background for Jesus’ use of the term “son of man.” In both Jewish and Christian circles the reference in the book of Daniel has traditionally been understood to refer to an individual, usually in a messianic sense. Many modern scholars, however, understand the reference to have a corporate identity. In this view, the “son of man” is to be equated with the “holy ones” (vv. 18, 21, 22, 25) or the “people of the holy ones” (v. 27) and understood as a reference to the Jewish people. Others understand Daniel’s reference to be to the angel Michael.

[7:13]  ¹⁷ tn Aram “they brought him near.”

[11:16]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “hand.”

[7:4]  ¹⁹ tn Aram “heart of a man.”

[7:4]  ²⁰ sn The identity of the first animal, derived from v. 17 and the parallels in chap. 2, is Babylon. The reference to the plucking of its wings is probably a reference to the time of Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity (cf. chap. 4). The latter part of v. 4 then describes the restoration of Nebuchadnezzar. The other animals have traditionally been understood to represent respectively Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome, although most of modern scholarship identifies them as Media, Persia, and Greece. For a biblical parallel to the mention of lion, bear, and leopard together, see Hos 13:7-8.

[8:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “the.”

[8:2]  ²² sn Susa (Heb. שׁוּשַׁן, shushan), located some 230 miles (380 km) east of Babylon, was a winter residence for Persian kings during the Achaemenid period. The language of v. 2 seems to suggest that Daniel may not have been physically present at Susa, but only saw himself there in the vision. However, the Hebrew is difficult, and some have concluded that the first four words of v. 2 in the MT are a later addition (cf. Theodotion).

[8:2]  ²³ tn The Hebrew word בִּירָה (birah, “castle, palace”) usually refers to a fortified structure within a city, but here it is in apposition to the city name Susa and therefore has a broader reference to the entire city (against this view, however, see BDB 108 s.v. 2). Cf. NAB “the fortress of Susa”; TEV “the walled city of Susa.”

[8:2]  ²⁴ tn The term אוּבַל (’uval = “stream, river”) is a relatively rare word in biblical Hebrew, found only here and in vv. 3 and 6. The Ulai was apparently a sizable artificial canal in Susa (cf. NASB, NIV, NCV), and not a river in the ordinary sense of that word.

[9:25]  ²⁵ tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

[9:25]  ²⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:25]  ²⁷ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

[9:25]  ²⁸ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

[9:25]  sn The accents in the MT indicate disjunction at this point, which would make it difficult, if not impossible, to identify the “anointed one/prince” of this verse as messianic. The reference in v. 26 to the sixty-two weeks as a unit favors the MT accentuation, not the traditional translation. If one follows the MT accentuation, one may translate “From the going forth of the message to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks. During a period of sixty-two weeks it will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.” The present translation follows a traditional reading of the passage that deviates from the MT accentuation.

[9:25]  ²⁹ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[1:13]  ³⁰ tn Heb “let our appearance be seen before you.”

[1:13]  ³¹ tn Heb “the appearance of.”

[1:13]  ³² tn Heb “delicacies of the king.” So also in v. 15.

[1:13]  ³³ tn Heb “your servants.”

[9:20]  ³⁴ tn Heb “the holy mountain of my God.”

[2:9]  ³⁵ tn Aram “one is your law,” i.e., only one thing is applicable to you.

[2:9]  ³⁶ tn Aram “a lying and corrupt word.”

[2:9]  ³⁷ tn Aram “I will know.”