Daniel 4:18

4:18 “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its ¹  interpretation, for none of the wise men in ²  my kingdom are able to make known to me the interpretation. But you can do so, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Daniel 5:16

5:16 However, I have heard ³  that you are able to provide interpretations and to decipher knotty problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ⁴  ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 7:8

7:8 “As I was contemplating the horns, another horn – a small one – came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. ⁵  This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant ⁶  things.

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¹ tc The present translation reads פִּשְׁרֵהּ (pishreh, “its interpretation”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew MSS; the Kethib is פִּשְׁרָא (pishra’, “the interpretation”); so also v. 16.

² tn Aram “of.”

³ tn The Aramaic text has also the words “about you.”

⁴ tn Or perhaps “one of three rulers,” in the sense of becoming part of a triumvir. So also v. 29.

⁵ tn Aram “were uprooted from before it.”

⁶ tn Aram “great.” So also in vv. 11, 20.