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 3:19

3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed ³  toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders ⁴  to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.

Daniel 6:13

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ⁵  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ⁶ 

Daniel 11:14

11:14 “In those times many will oppose ⁷  the king of the south. ⁸  Those who are violent ⁹  among your own people will rise up in confirmation of ¹⁰  the vision, but they will falter.

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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 “the appearance of his face was altered”; cf. NLT “his face became distorted with rage”; NAB “[his] face became livid with utter rage.”

⁴ tn Aram “he answered and said.”

⁵ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

⁶ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

⁷ tn Heb “stand against.”

⁸ sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181 B.C.).

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ tn Heb “to cause to stand.”