4:19 Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; 8 his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir, 9 if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!
4:34 But at the end of the appointed time 17 I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up 18 toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.
I extolled the Most High,
and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.
For his authority is an everlasting authority,
and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
4:36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored 19 to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated 20 over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.
8:13 Then I heard a holy one 21 speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, “To what period of time does the vision pertain – this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?”
11:36 “Then the king 23 will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of 24 wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur. 25
11:40 “At the time of the end the king of the south will attack 26 him. Then the king of the north will storm against him 27 with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. 28 He 29 will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river. 30
1 tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”
2 tn Heb “from the delicacies of the king.”
3 tn Or “educated.” See HALOT 179 s.v. I גדל.
4 tn Heb “stand before the king.”
5 tn Aram “one is your law,” i.e., only one thing is applicable to you.
6 tn Aram “a lying and corrupt word.”
7 tn Aram “I will know.”
8 tn Aram “about one hour.” The expression refers idiomatically to a brief period of time of undetermined length.
9 tn Aram “my lord.”
10 tn The Aramaic indefinite active plural is used here like the English passive. So also in v. 28, 29,32.
11 tn Aram “from mankind.” So also in v. 32.
12 tn Aram “your dwelling will be.” So also in v. 32.
13 tn Or perhaps “be made to eat.”
14 sn Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity has features that are associated with the mental disorder known as boanthropy, in which the person so afflicted imagines himself to be an ox or a similar animal and behaves accordingly.
15 tn Aram “until.”
16 tn Aram “until.”
17 tn Aram “days.”
18 tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”
19 tc The translation reads הַדְרֵת (hadret, “I returned”) rather than the MT הַדְרִי (hadri, “my honor”); cf. Theodotion.
20 tc The translation reads הָתְקְנֵת (hotqÿnet, “I was established”) rather than the MT הָתְקְנַת (hotqÿnat, “it was established”). As it stands, the MT makes no sense here.
21 sn The holy one referred to here is presumably an angel. Cf. 4:13[10], 23 [20].
22 tn Heb “and unto a time.”
23 sn The identity of this king is problematic. If vv. 36-45 continue the description of Antiochus Epiphanes, the account must be viewed as erroneous, since the details do not match what is known of Antiochus’ latter days. Most modern scholars take this view, concluding that this section was written just shortly before the death of Antiochus and that the writer erred on several key points as he tried to predict what would follow the events of his own day. Conservative scholars, however, usually understand the reference to shift at this point to an eschatological figure, viz., the Antichrist. The chronological gap that this would presuppose to be in the narrative is not necessarily a problem, since by all accounts there are many chronological gaps throughout the chapter, as the historical figures intended by such expressions as “king of the north” and “king of the south” repeatedly shift.
24 tn The words “the time of” are added in the translation for clarification.
25 tn Heb “has been done.” The Hebrew verb used here is the perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of fulfillment.
26 tn Heb “engage in thrusting.”
27 tn The referent of the pronoun is most likely the king of the south, in which case the text describes the king of the north countering the attack of the king of the south.
28 tn Heb “many ships.”
29 tn This most likely refers to the king of the north who, in response to the aggression of the king of the south, launches an invasion of the southern regions.
30 tn Heb “and will overflow and pass over.”