Daniel 2:2

2:2 The king issued an order¹ to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men² in order to explain his dreams to him.³ So they came and awaited the king’s instructions.⁴

Daniel 2:49

2:49 And at Daniel’s request, the king⁵ appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king’s court.⁶

Daniel 4:3

4:3 “How great are his signs!

How mighty are his wonders!

His kingdom will last forever,⁷

and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

Daniel 4:30

4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence⁸ by my own mighty strength⁹ and for my majestic honor?”

Daniel 5:6

5:6 Then all the color drained from the king’s face¹⁰ and he became alarmed.¹¹ The joints of his hips gave way,¹² and his knees began knocking together.

Daniel 5:9

5:9 Then King Belshazzar was very terrified, and he was visibly shaken.¹³ His nobles were completely dumbfounded.

Daniel 6:17-18

6:17 Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening¹⁴ to the den. The king sealed¹⁵ it with his signet ring and with those¹⁶ of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel. 6:18 Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions¹⁷ were brought to him. He was unable to sleep.¹⁸

Daniel 7:28

7:28 “This is the conclusion of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and the color drained from my face.¹⁹ But I kept the matter to myself.”²⁰

Daniel 9:8

9:8 O LORD, we have been humiliated²¹ – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.

Daniel 11:45

11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas²² toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.

Daniel 12:5

12:5 I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.²³

Daniel 12:10

12:10 Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.

Daniel 12:13

12:13 But you should go your way²⁴ until the end.²⁵ You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive²⁶ what you have been allotted.”²⁷

¹tn Heb “said.” So also in v. 12.

²tn 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.

³tn Heb “to explain to the king his dreams.”

⁴tn Heb “stood before the king.”

⁵tn Aram “and Daniel sought from the king and he appointed.”

⁶tn Aram “was at the gate of the king.”

⁷tn Aram “his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”

⁸tn Aram “house.”

⁹tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”

¹⁰tn Aram “[the king’s] brightness changed for him.”

¹¹tn Aram “his thoughts were alarming him.”

¹²tn Aram “his loins went slack.”

¹³tn Aram “his visage altered upon him.” So also in v. 10.

¹⁴tn Aram “mouth.”

¹⁵sn The purpose of the den being sealed was to prevent unauthorized tampering with the opening of the den. Any disturbance of the seal would immediately alert the officials to improper activity of this sort.

¹⁶tn Aram “the signet rings.”

¹⁷tn The meaning of Aramaic דַּחֲוָה (dakhavah) is a crux interpretum. Suggestions include “music,” “dancing girls,” “concubines,” “table,” “food” – all of which are uncertain. The translation employed here, suggested by earlier scholars, is deliberately vague. A number of recent English versions follow a similar approach with “entertainment” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT). On this word see further, HALOT 1849-50 s.v.; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 37.

¹⁸tn Aram “his sleep fled from him.”

¹⁹tn Aram “my brightness was changing on me.”

²⁰tn Aram “in my heart.”

²¹tn Heb “to us (belongs) shame of face.”

²²sn Presumably seas refers to the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea.

²³tn Heb “one to this edge of the river and one to that edge of the river.”

²⁴tn The words “your way” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

²⁵tc The LXX lacks “until the end.”

²⁶tn The word “receive” is added in the translation for clarification.

²⁷sn The deuterocanonical writings known as the Story of Susanna and Bel and the Dragon appear respectively as chapters 13 and 14 of the book of Daniel in the Greek version of this book. Although these writings are not part of the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel, they were popular among certain early communities who valued traditions about the life of Daniel.