Daniel 3:23

3:23 But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace ¹  of blazing fire while still securely bound. ² 

Daniel 4:13

4:13 While I was watching in my mind’s visions ³  on my bed,

a holy sentinel ⁴  came down from heaven.

Daniel 7:21

7:21 While I was watching, that horn began to wage war against the holy ones and was defeating ⁵  them,

Daniel 10:15

10:15 While he was saying this to me, ⁶  I was flat on ⁷  the ground and unable to speak.

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¹ tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.

² sn The deuterocanonical writings known as The Prayer of Azariah and The Song of the Three present at this point a confession and petition for God’s forgiveness and a celebration of God’s grace for the three Jewish youths in the fiery furnace. Though not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel, these compositions do appear in the ancient Greek versions.

³ tn Aram “the visions of my head.”

⁴ tn Aram “a watcher and a holy one.” The expression is a hendiadys; so also in v. 23. This “watcher” is apparently an angel. The Greek OT (LXX) in fact has ἄγγελος (angelo", “angel”) here. Theodotion simply transliterates the Aramaic word (’ir). The term is sometimes rendered “sentinel” (NAB) or “messenger” (NIV, NLT).

⁵ tn Aram “prevailing against” (KJV and ASV both similar); NASB “overpowering them”; TEV “conquered them.”

⁶ tn Heb “speaking to me according to these words.”

⁷ tn Heb “I placed my face toward.”