Daniel 2:30

2:30 As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom 1  than any other living person, but so that the king may understand 2  the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind. 3 

Daniel 11:21

11:21 “Then there will arise in his place a despicable person 4  to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit.

1 tn Aram “not for any wisdom which is in me more than [in] any living man.”

2 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).

3 tn Aram “heart.”

4 sn This despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred is Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 175-164 B.C.).