Daniel 2:6
2:6 But if you can disclose the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, a reward, and considerable honor. So disclose to me the dream and its interpretation!”
Daniel 2:11
2:11 What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods – but they don’t live among mortals!” 1
Daniel 2:25
2:25 So Arioch quickly ushered Daniel into the king’s presence, saying to him, “I 2 have found a man from the captives of Judah who can make known the interpretation to the king.”
Daniel 2:27
2:27 Daniel replied to the king, “The mystery that the king is asking about is such that no wise men, astrologers, magicians, or diviners can possibly disclose it to the king.
Daniel 3:29
3:29 I hereby decree 3 that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes 4 the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”
Daniel 6:15
6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and 5 said to him, 6 “Recall, 7 O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”
1 tn Aram “whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
2 sn Arioch’s claim is self-serving and exaggerated. It is Daniel who came to him, and not the other way around. By claiming to have found one capable of solving the king’s dilemma, Arioch probably hoped to ingratiate himself to the king.
3 tn Aram “from me is placed an edict.”
4 tn Aram “speaks negligence.”
5 tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”
6 tn Aram “the king.”
7 tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”