Daniel 2:11

2:11 What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods – but they don’t live among mortals!” ¹ 

Daniel 6:18

6:18 Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions ²  were brought to him. He was unable to sleep. ³ 

Daniel 11:37

11:37 He will not respect ⁴  the gods of his fathers – not even the god loved by women. ⁵  He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all.

[2:11]  ¹ tn Aram “whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

[6:18]  ² tn The meaning of Aramaic דַּחֲוָה (dakhavah) is a crux interpretum. Suggestions include “music,” “dancing girls,” “concubines,” “table,” “food” – all of which are uncertain. The translation employed here, suggested by earlier scholars, is deliberately vague. A number of recent English versions follow a similar approach with “entertainment” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT). On this word see further, HALOT 1849-50 s.v.; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 37.

[6:18]  ³ tn Aram “his sleep fled from him.”

[11:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “consider.”

[11:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “[the one] desired by women.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.