Daniel 1:20

1:20 In every matter of wisdom and ¹  insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times ²  better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire.

Daniel 2:29

2:29 “As for you, O king, while you were in your bed your thoughts turned to future things. ³  The revealer of mysteries has made known to you what will take place.

Daniel 2:47

2:47 The king replied to Daniel, “Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!”

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. ⁴ 

Daniel 3:22

3:22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted ⁵  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed ⁶  by the leaping flames. ⁷ 

Daniel 4:31

4:31 While these words were still on the king’s lips, ⁸  a voice came down from heaven: “It is hereby announced to you, ⁹  King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you!

Daniel 7:5

7:5 “Then ¹⁰  a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs ¹¹  in its mouth between its teeth. ¹²  It was told, ¹³  ‘Get up and devour much flesh!’

Daniel 7:14

7:14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty.

All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving ¹⁴  him.

His authority is eternal and will not pass away. ¹⁵ 

His kingdom will not be destroyed. ¹⁶ 

Daniel 8:3

8:3 I looked up ¹⁷  and saw ¹⁸  a ¹⁹  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ²⁰  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 9:12

9:12 He has carried out his threats ²¹  against us and our rulers ²²  who were over ²³  us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!

Daniel 10:6

10:6 His body resembled yellow jasper, ²⁴  and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; ²⁵  his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice ²⁶  thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

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¹ tc The MT lacks the conjunction, reading the first word in the phrase as a construct (“wisdom of insight”). While this reading is not impossible, it seems better to follow Theodotion, the Syriac, the Vulgate, and the Sahidic Coptic, all of which have the conjunction.

² tn Heb “hands.”

³ tn Aram “your thoughts upon your bed went up to what will be after this.”

⁴ tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.”

⁵ tn Aram “caused to go up.”

⁶ tn The Aramaic verb is active.

⁷ tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

⁸ tn Aram “in the mouth of the king.”

⁹ tn Aram “to you they say.”

¹⁰ tn Aram “and behold.”

¹¹ sn The three ribs held securely in the mouth of the bear, perhaps representing Media-Persia, apparently symbolize military conquest, but the exact identity of the “ribs” is not clear. Possibly it is a reference to the Persian conquest of Lydia, Egypt, and Babylonia.

¹² tc The LXX lacks the phrase “between its teeth.”

¹³ tn Aram “and thus they were saying to it.”

¹⁴ tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.”

¹⁵ tn Aram “is an eternal authority which will not pass away.”

¹⁶ tn Aram “is one which will not be destroyed.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and behold.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

²⁰ tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

²¹ tn Heb “he has fulfilled his word(s) which he spoke.”

²² tn Heb “our judges.”

²³ tn Heb “who judged.”

²⁴ tn The Hebrew word translated “yellow jasper” is תַּרשִׁישׁ (tarshish); it appears to be a semiprecious stone, but its exact identity is somewhat uncertain. It may be the yellow jasper, although this is conjectural. Cf. NAB, NIV “chrysolite”; NASB, NRSV “beryl.”

²⁵ tn Heb “torches of fire.”

²⁶ tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).