Daniel 2:41

2:41 In that you were seeing feet and toes ¹  partly of wet clay ²  and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay. ³ 

Daniel 2:45

2:45 You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future. ⁴  The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable.”

Daniel 5:2

5:2 While under the influence ⁵  of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels – the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father ⁶  had confiscated ⁷  from the temple in Jerusalem ⁸  – so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them. ⁹ 

Daniel 7:7

7:7 “After these things, as I was watching in the night visions ¹⁰  a fourth beast appeared – one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. ¹¹  It had two large rows ¹²  of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.

Daniel 7:9

7:9 “While I was watching,

thrones were set up,

and the Ancient of Days ¹³  took his seat.

His attire was white like snow;

the hair of his head was like lamb’s ¹⁴  wool.

His throne was ablaze with fire

and its wheels were all aflame. ¹⁵ 

Daniel 8:3

8:3 I looked up ¹⁶  and saw ¹⁷  a ¹⁸  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ¹⁹  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 8:5

8:5 While I was contemplating all this, ²⁰  a male goat ²¹  was coming from the west over the surface of all the land ²²  without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn ²³  between its eyes.

Daniel 8:25

8:25 By his treachery ²⁴  he will succeed through deceit. ²⁵  He will have an arrogant attitude, ²⁶  and he will destroy many who are unaware of his schemes. ²⁷  He will rise up against the Prince of princes, yet he will be broken apart – but not by human agency. ²⁸ 

Daniel 11:27

11:27 These two kings, their minds ²⁹  filled with evil intentions, will trade ³⁰  lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

[2:41]  ¹ tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”

[2:41]  ² tn Aram “potter’s clay.”

[2:41]  ³ tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).

[2:45]  ⁴ tn Aram “after this.”

[5:2]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “when he had tasted” (cf. NASB) in the sense of officially initiating the commencement of the banquet. The translation above seems preferable, however, given the clear evidence of inebriation in the context (cf. also CEV “he got drunk and ordered”).

[5:2]  ⁶ tn Or “ancestor”; or “predecessor” (also in vv. 11, 13, 18). The Aramaic word translated “father” can on occasion denote these other relationships.

[5:2]  ⁷ tn Or “taken.”

[5:2]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:2]  ⁹ sn Making use of sacred temple vessels for an occasion of reveling and drunkenness such as this would have been a religious affront of shocking proportions to the Jewish captives.

[7:7]  ¹⁰ tn The Aramaic text has also “and behold.” So also in vv. 8, 13.

[7:7]  ¹¹ sn The fourth animal differs from the others in that it is nondescript. Apparently it was so fearsome that Daniel could find nothing with which to compare it. Attempts to identify this animal as an elephant or other known creature are conjectural.

[7:7]  ¹² tn The Aramaic word for “teeth” is dual rather than plural, suggesting two rows of teeth.

[7:9]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “a flaming fire.”

[8:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

[8:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and behold.”

[8:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

[8:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

[8:5]  ²⁰ tn The words “all this” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[8:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “and behold, a he-goat of the goats.”

[8:5]  ²² tn Or “of the whole earth” (NAB, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[8:5]  ²³ tn Heb “a horn of vision” [or “conspicuousness”], i.e., “a conspicuous horn,” one easily seen.

[8:25]  ²⁴ tn The Hebrew term has a primary meaning of “skill, insight,” but here it has the connotation “cunning, treachery.” See BDB 968 s.v. שֵׂכֶל, שֶׂכֶל.

[8:25]  ²⁵ tn Heb “he will cause deceit to succeed by his hand.”

[8:25]  ²⁶ tn Heb “in his heart he will act arrogantly.”

[8:25]  ²⁷ tn Heb “in peace.” The Hebrew word used here is difficult. It may refer to the security felt by those who did not realize the danger of imminent attack, or it may refer to the condition of being unaware of the impending danger. The latter idea is reflected in the present translation. See further, BDB 1017 s.v. שַׁלְוָה.

[8:25]  ²⁸ tn Heb “with nothingness of hand.”

[11:27]  ²⁹ tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.

[11:27]  ³⁰ tn Heb “speak.”