Daniel 2:48

2:48 Then the king elevated Daniel to high position and bestowed on him many marvelous gifts. He granted him authority over the entire province of Babylon and made him the main prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 3:3

3:3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected. ¹ 

Daniel 7:1

Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea

7:1 In the first ²  year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had ³  a dream filled with visions ⁴  while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. ⁵ 

Daniel 7:10

7:10 A river of fire was streaming forth

and proceeding from his presence.

Many thousands were ministering to him;

Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. ⁶ 

The court convened ⁷ 

and the books were opened.

Daniel 7:14

7:14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty.

All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving ⁸  him.

His authority is eternal and will not pass away. ⁹ 

His kingdom will not be destroyed. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 7:24

7:24 The ten horns

mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom.

Another king will arise after them,

but he will be different from the earlier ones.

He will humiliate ¹¹  three kings.

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 ¹²  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ¹³  from your reliable moral standards. ¹⁴ 

Daniel 9:15

9:15 “Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with great power ¹⁵  and made a name for yourself that is remembered to this day – we have sinned and behaved wickedly.

Daniel 9:23

9:23 At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God’s sight. ¹⁶  Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: ¹⁷ 

Daniel 11:15

11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. ¹⁸  The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. ¹⁹  They will have no strength to prevail.

Daniel 11:18

11:18 Then he will turn his attention ²⁰  to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander ²¹  will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition, ²²  he will make him pay for his shameful conduct. ²³ 

Daniel 11:27

11:27 These two kings, their minds ²⁴  filled with evil intentions, will trade ²⁵  lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

Daniel 11:35

11:35 Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.

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¹ tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.”

² sn The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 553 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 67 years old at the time of this vision.

³ tn Aram “saw.”

⁴ tn Aram “and visions of his head.” The Aramaic is difficult here. Some scholars add a verb thought to be missing (e.g., “the visions of his head [were alarming him]”), but there is no external evidence to support such a decision and the awkwardness of the text at this point may be original.

⁵ tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV “the substance of his dream.”

⁶ tn Aram “were standing before him.”

⁷ tn Aram “judgment sat.”

⁸ tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.”

⁹ tn Aram “is an eternal authority which will not pass away.”

¹⁰ tn Aram “is one which will not be destroyed.”

¹¹ tn Or “subjugate”; KJV, NASB, NIV “subdue”; ASV, NRSV “put down.”

¹² tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

¹³ tn Or “by gaining insight.”

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁵ tn Heb “with a powerful hand.”

¹⁶ tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”

¹⁷ tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).

¹⁸ sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.

¹⁹ tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).

²⁰ tn Heb “his face.” See v. 19 as well.

²¹ sn The commander is probably the Roman commander, Lucius Cornelius Scipio.

²² tn The Hebrew here is difficult in that the negative בִּלְתִּי (biltiy, “not”) is used in an unusual way. The sense is not entirely clear.

²³ tn Heb “his shameful conduct he will return to him.”

²⁴ tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.

²⁵ tn Heb “speak.”