Daniel 2:28

2:28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, ¹  and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. ²  The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed ³  are as follows.

Daniel 9:13

9:13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify ⁴  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ⁵  from your reliable moral standards. ⁶ 

Daniel 9:26-27

9:26 Now after the sixty-two weeks,

an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. ⁷ 

As for the city and the sanctuary,

the people of the coming prince will destroy ⁸  them.

But his end will come speedily ⁹  like a flood. ¹⁰ 

Until the end of the war that has been decreed

there will be destruction.

9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. ¹¹ 

But in the middle of that week

he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt.

On the wing ¹²  of abominations will come ¹³  one who destroys,

until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”

Daniel 10:12

10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ¹⁴  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Daniel 11:17

11:17 His intention ¹⁵  will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. ¹⁶  He will give the king of the south ¹⁷  a daughter ¹⁸  in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.

Daniel 11:24

11:24 In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long. ¹⁹ 

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¹ tn Aram “a revealer of mysteries.” The phrase serves as a quasi-title for God in Daniel.

² tn Aram “in the latter days.”

³ tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.”

⁴ tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

⁵ tn Or “by gaining insight.”

⁶ tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law. See vv 10-11.

⁷ sn The expression have nothing is difficult. Presumably it refers to an absence of support or assistance for the anointed one at the time of his “cutting off.” The KJV rendering “but not for himself,” apparently suggesting a vicarious death, cannot be defended.

⁸ tc Some witnesses (e.g., the Syriac) understand a passive verb and the preposition עִם (’im, “with) rather than the noun עַם (’am, “people”), thus reading “the city and the sanctuary will be destroyed with the coming prince.”

⁹ tn The words “will come speedily” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ sn Flood here is a metaphor for sudden destruction.

¹¹ tn Heb “one seven” (also later in this line).

¹² tn The referent of the Hebrew word כְּנַף (kÿnaf, “wing”) is unclear here. The LXX and Theodotion have “the temple.” Some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV) take this to mean “a wing of the temple,” but this is not clear.

¹³ tn The Hebrew text does not have this verb, but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “gave your heart.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and he will set his face.” Cf. vv. 18, 19.

¹⁶ tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).

¹⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁸ tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”

sn The daughter refers to Cleopatra, the daughter of Antiochus, who was given in marriage to Ptolemy V.

¹⁹ tn Heb “and unto a time.”