Daniel 2:19
2:19 Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised 1 the God of heaven,
Daniel 2:18
2:18 He asked them to pray for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he 2 and his friends would not be destroyed along with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:27
2:27 Daniel replied to the king, “The mystery that the king is asking about is such that no wise men, astrologers, magicians, or diviners can possibly disclose it to the king.
Daniel 2:30
2:30 As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom 3 than any other living person, but so that the king may understand 4 the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind. 5
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 4:9
4:9 saying, “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider 6 my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation!
1 tn Or “blessed.”
2 tn Aram “Daniel.” The proper name is redundant here in English, and has not been included in the translation.
3 tn Aram “not for any wisdom which is in me more than [in] any living man.”
4 tn Aram “they might cause the king to know.” The impersonal plural is used here to refer to the role of God’s spirit in revealing the dream and its interpretation to the king. As J. A. Montgomery says, “it appropriately here veils the mysterious agency” (Daniel [ICC], 164-65).
5 tn Aram “heart.”
6 tc The present translation assumes the reading חֲזִי (khazi, “consider”) rather than the MT חֶזְוֵי (khezvey, “visions”). The MT implies that the king required Daniel to disclose both the dream and its interpretation, as in chapter 2. But in the following verses Nebuchadnezzar recounts his dream, while Daniel presents only its interpretation.