Daniel 2:43

2:43 And ¹  in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed ²  with one another ³  without adhering to one another, just as ⁴  iron does not mix with clay.

Daniel 5:5

5:5 At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared ⁵  and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. ⁶  The king was watching the back ⁷  of the hand that was writing.

Daniel 11:41

11:41 Then he will enter the beautiful land. ⁸  Many ⁹  will fall, but these will escape: ¹⁰  Edom, Moab, and the Ammonite leadership.

[2:43]  ¹ tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew MSS, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.

[2:43]  ² sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.

[2:43]  ³ tn Aram “with the seed of men.”

[2:43]  ⁴ tc The present translation reads הֵיךְ דִּי (hekh diy) rather than the MT הֵא־כְדִי (he’-khÿdi). It is a case of wrong word division.

[5:5]  ⁵ tn Aram “came forth.”

[5:5]  ⁶ sn The mention of the lampstand in this context is of interest because it suggests that the writing was in clear view.

[5:5]  ⁷ tn While Aramaic פַּס (pas) can mean the palm of the hand, here it seems to be the back of the hand that is intended.

[11:41]  ⁸ sn The beautiful land is a cryptic reference to the land of Israel.

[11:41]  ⁹ tn This can be understood as “many people” (cf. NRSV) or “many countries” (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).

[11:41]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “be delivered from his hand.”