Daniel 1:10

1:10 But he¹ responded to Daniel, “I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided² 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 life⁵ with the king!”

Daniel 5:19

5:19 Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear⁶ before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared⁷ whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.

Daniel 6:26

6:26 I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.

“For he is the living God;

he endures forever.

His kingdom will not be destroyed;

his authority is forever.⁸

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

²tn Heb “assigned.” See v. 5.

³tn 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.

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

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

⁶tn Aram “were trembling and fearing.” This can be treated as a hendiadys, “were trembling with fear.”

⁷tn Aram “let live.” This Aramaic form is the aphel participle of חַיָה(khayah, “to live”). Theodotion and the Vulgate mistakenly take the form to be from מְחָא (mÿkha’, “to smite”).

⁸tn Aram “until the end.”