Daniel 2:24

2:24 Then Daniel went in to see 1  Arioch (whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon). He came 2  and said to him, “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Escort me 3  to the king, and I will disclose the interpretation to him!” 4 

Daniel 2:35

2:35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction 5  and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

1 tc The MT has עַל עַל (’al ’al, “he entered upon”). Several medieval Hebrew MSS lack the verb, although this may be due to haplography.

2 tc The LXX and Vulgate, along with one medieval Hebrew MS, lack this verb.

3 tn Aram “cause me to enter.” So also in v. 25.

4 tn Aram “the king.”

5 tn Aram “as one.” For the meaning “without distinction” see the following: F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 36, §64, and p. 93; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 60.