Daniel 2:44

2:44 In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.

Daniel 3:27

3:27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically ¹  unharmed by the fire. ²  The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!

Daniel 4:17

4:17 This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels;

this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones,

so that ³  those who are alive may understand

that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, ⁴ 

and he bestows them on whomever he wishes.

He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

Daniel 6:24

6:24 The king gave another order, ⁵  and those men who had maliciously accused ⁶  Daniel were brought and thrown ⁷  into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. ⁸  They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Daniel 12:1

12:1 “At that time Michael,

the great prince who watches over your people, ⁹ 

will arise. ¹⁰ 

There will be a time of distress

unlike any other from the nation’s beginning ¹¹ 

up to that time.

But at that time your own people,

all those whose names are ¹²  found written in the book,

will escape.

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¹ tn Aram “in their bodies.”

² tn Aram “the fire did not have power.”

³ tc The present translation follows an underlying reading of עַל־דִּבְרַת (’al-divrat, “so that”) rather than MT עַד־דִּבְרַת (’ad-divrat, “until”).

⁴ tn Aram “the kingdom of man”; NASB “the realm of mankind”; NCV “every kingdom on earth.”

⁵ tn Aram “said.”

⁶ tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions.

⁷ tn The Aramaic active impersonal verb is often used as a substitute for the passive.

⁸ tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.

⁹ tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “will stand up.”

¹¹ tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”

¹² tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.