Daniel 1:10

1:10 But he 1  responded to Daniel, “I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided 2  your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age? 3  If that happened, 4  you would endanger my life 5  with the king!”

Daniel 10:16

10:16 Then 6  one who appeared to be a human being 7  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, 8  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.

1 tn Heb “The overseer of the court officials.” The subject has been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

2 tn Heb “assigned.” See v. 5.

3 tn Heb “Why should he see your faces thin from the young men who are according to your age?” The term translated “thin” occurs only here and in Gen 40:6, where it appears to refer to a dejected facial expression. The word is related to an Arabic root meaning “be weak.” See HALOT 277 s.v. II זעף.

4 tn The words “if that happened” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

5 tn Heb “my head.” Presumably this is an implicit reference to capital punishment (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although this is not entirely clear.

6 tn Heb “Behold.”

7 tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

8 tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.