Daniel 3:28

3:28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed,¹ “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel² and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring³ the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than⁴ serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!

Daniel 4:34

4:34 But at the end of the appointed time⁵ I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up⁶ toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.

I extolled the Most High,

and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.

For his authority is an everlasting authority,

and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

Daniel 5:21

5:21 He was driven from human society, his mind⁷ was changed to that of an animal, he lived⁸ with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

Daniel 6:26

6:26 I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.

“For he is the living God;

he endures forever.

His kingdom will not be destroyed;

his authority is forever.⁹

Daniel 7:25

7:25 He will speak words against the Most High.

He will harass¹⁰ the holy ones of the Most High continually.

His intention¹¹ will be to change times established by law.¹²

They will be delivered into his hand

For a time, times,¹³ and half a time.

Daniel 8:25

8:25 By his treachery¹⁴ he will succeed through deceit.¹⁵ He will have an arrogant attitude,¹⁶ and he will destroy many who are unaware of his schemes.¹⁷ He will rise up against the Prince of princes, yet he will be broken apart – but not by human agency.¹⁸

Daniel 11:24

11:24 In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long.¹⁹

¹tn Aram “answered and said.”

²sn The king identifies the “son of the gods” (v. 25) as an angel. Comparable Hebrew expressions are used elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible for the members of God’s angelic assembly (see Gen 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Pss 29:1; 89:6). An angel later comes to rescue Daniel from the lions (Dan 6:22).

³tn Aram “they changed” or “violated.”

⁴tn Aram “so that they might not.”

⁵tn Aram “days.”

⁶tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”

⁷tn Aram “heart.”

⁸tn Aram “his dwelling.”

⁹tn Aram “until the end.”

¹⁰tn Aram “wear out” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV); NASB, NLT “wear down.” The word is a hapax legomenon in biblical Aramaic, but in biblical Hebrew it especially refers to wearing out such things as garments. Here it is translated “harass…continually.”

¹¹tn Aram “he will think.”

¹²tn Aram “times and law.” The present translation is based on the understanding that the expression is a hendiadys.

¹³sn Although the word times is vocalized in the MT as a plural, it probably should be regarded as a dual. The Masoretes may have been influenced here by the fact that in late Aramaic (and Syriac) the dual forms fall out of use. The meaning would thus be three and a half “times.”

¹⁴tn The Hebrew term has a primary meaning of “skill, insight,” but here it has the connotation “cunning, treachery.” See BDB 968 s.v. שֵׂכֶל, שֶׂכֶל.

¹⁵tn Heb “he will cause deceit to succeed by his hand.”

¹⁶tn Heb “in his heart he will act arrogantly.”

¹⁷tn Heb “in peace.” The Hebrew word used here is difficult. It may refer to the security felt by those who did not realize the danger of imminent attack, or it may refer to the condition of being unaware of the impending danger. The latter idea is reflected in the present translation. See further, BDB 1017 s.v. שַׁלְוָה.

¹⁸tn Heb “with nothingness of hand.”

¹⁹tn Heb “and unto a time.”