Daniel 2:43

2:43 And ¹  in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed ²  with one another ³  without adhering to one another, just as ⁴  iron does not mix with clay.

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 ⁵  my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation!

Daniel 8:3-4

8:3 I looked up ⁶  and saw ⁷  a ⁸  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ⁹  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one. 8:4 I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal ¹⁰  was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. ¹¹  It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly. ¹² 

Daniel 10:7

10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. ¹³  On the contrary, they were overcome with fright ¹⁴  and ran away to hide.

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¹ tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew MSS, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.

² sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.

³ tn Aram “with the seed of men.”

⁴ tc The present translation reads הֵיךְ דִּי (hekh diy) rather than the MT הֵא־כְדִי (he’-khÿdi). It is a case of wrong word division.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

⁷ tn Heb “and behold.”

⁸ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

⁹ tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

¹⁰ tn Or “beast” (NAB).

¹¹ tn Heb “hand.” So also in v. 7.

¹² tn In the Hiphil the Hebrew verb גָּדַל (gadal, “to make great; to magnify”) can have either a positive or a negative sense. For the former, used especially of God, see Ps 126:2, 3; Joel 2:21. In this chapter (8:4, 8, 11, 25) the word has a pejorative sense, describing the self-glorification of this king. The sense seems to be that of vainly assuming one’s own superiority through deliberate hubris.

¹³ tn Heb “the vision.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”