Daniel 1:19

1:19 When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group ¹  anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah. So they entered the king’s service. ² 

Daniel 2:2

2:2 The king issued an order ³  to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men ⁴  in order to explain his dreams to him. ⁵  So they came and awaited the king’s instructions. ⁶ 

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!” ⁷ 

Daniel 3:3

3:3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected. ⁸ 

Daniel 3:10

3:10 You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.

Daniel 3:24

God Delivers His Servants

3:24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, “Wasn’t it three men that we tied up and threw ⁹  into ¹⁰  the fire?” They replied to the king, “For sure, O king.”

Daniel 4:6

4:6 So I issued an order ¹¹  for all the wise men of Babylon to be brought ¹²  before me so that they could make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

Daniel 5:3

5:3 So they brought the gold and silver ¹³  vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God ¹⁴  in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them.

Daniel 5:15

5:15 Now the wise men and ¹⁵  astrologers were brought before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation. But they were unable to disclose the interpretation of the message.

Daniel 6:4

6:4 Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find ¹⁶  some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. ¹⁷  But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, ¹⁸  because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. ¹⁹ 

Daniel 6:13

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ²⁰  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ²¹ 

Daniel 6:22

6:22 My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”

Daniel 8:22

8:22 The horn that was broken ²²  and in whose place there arose four others stands for four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, though they will not have his strength.

Daniel 10:7

10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. ²³  On the contrary, they were overcome with fright ²⁴  and ran away to hide.

Daniel 11:14-15

11:14 “In those times many will oppose ²⁵  the king of the south. ²⁶  Those who are violent ²⁷  among your own people will rise up in confirmation of ²⁸  the vision, but they will falter. 11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. ²⁹  The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. ³⁰  They will have no strength to prevail.

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¹ tn Heb “from all of them.”

² tn Heb “stood before the king.”

³ tn Heb “said.” So also in v. 12.

⁴ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The term Chaldeans (Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּים, kasdim) is used in the book of Daniel both in an ethnic sense and, as here, to refer to a caste of Babylonian wise men and astrologers.

⁵ tn Heb “to explain to the king his dreams.”

⁶ tn Heb “stood before the king.”

⁷ tn Aram “whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

⁸ tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.”

⁹ tn Aram “we threw…bound.”

¹⁰ tn Aram “into the midst of.”

¹¹ tn Aram “from me there was placed a decree.”

¹² tn The Aramaic infinitive here is active.

¹³ tc The present translation reads וְכַסְפָּא (vÿkhaspa’, “and the silver”) with Theodotion and the Vulgate. Cf. v. 2. The form was probably accidentally dropped from the Aramaic text by homoioteleuton.

¹⁴ tn Aram “the temple of the house of God.” The phrase seems rather awkward. The Vulgate lacks “of the house of God,” while Theodotion and the Syriac lack “the house.”

¹⁵ tn The Aramaic text does not have “and.” The term “astrologers” is either an appositive for “wise men” (cf. KJV, NKJV, ASV, RSV, NRSV), or the construction is to be understood as asyndetic (so the translation above).

¹⁶ tn Aram “looking to find.”

¹⁷ tn Aram “from the side of the kingdom.”

¹⁸ tn Aram “pretext and corruption.”

¹⁹ tn Aram “no negligence or corruption was found in him.” The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the phrase “and no negligence or corruption was found in him.”

²⁰ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

²¹ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

²² tn Heb “the broken one.” The word “horn” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent.

²³ tn Heb “the vision.”

²⁴ tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”

²⁵ tn Heb “stand against.”

²⁶ sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181 B.C.).

²⁷ tn Heb “sons of violence.” “Son(s) is sometimes used idiomatically in Hebrew to indicate that someone is characterized by a certain quality. So the expression “sons of violence” means that these individuals will be characterized by violent deeds.

²⁸ tn Heb “to cause to stand.”

²⁹ sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.

³⁰ tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).