Daniel 4:25

4:25 You will be driven ¹  from human society, ²  and you will live ³  with the wild animals. You will be fed ⁴  grass like oxen, ⁵  and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before ⁶  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

Daniel 4:32

4:32 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before ⁷  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.”

Daniel 4:36

4:36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored ⁸  to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated ⁹  over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.

Daniel 5:19

5:19 Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear ¹⁰  before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared ¹¹  whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.

Daniel 6:24

6:24 The king gave another order, ¹²  and those men who had maliciously accused ¹³  Daniel were brought and thrown ¹⁴  into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. ¹⁵  They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Daniel 7:7

7:7 “After these things, as I was watching in the night visions ¹⁶  a fourth beast appeared – one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. ¹⁷  It had two large rows ¹⁸  of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.

Daniel 7:20

7:20 I also wanted to know ¹⁹  the meaning of the ten horns on its head, and of that other horn which came up and before which three others fell. This was the horn that had eyes ²⁰  and a mouth speaking arrogant things, whose appearance was more formidable than the others. ²¹ 

Daniel 10:12

10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ²²  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Daniel 10:16

10:16 Then ²³  one who appeared to be a human being ²⁴  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ²⁵  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.

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¹ tn The Aramaic indefinite active plural is used here like the English passive. So also in v. 28, 29,32.

² tn Aram “from mankind.” So also in v. 32.

³ tn Aram “your dwelling will be.” So also in v. 32.

⁴ tn Or perhaps “be made to eat.”

⁵ sn Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity has features that are associated with the mental disorder known as boanthropy, in which the person so afflicted imagines himself to be an ox or a similar animal and behaves accordingly.

⁶ tn Aram “until.”

⁷ tn Aram “until.”

⁸ tc The translation reads הַדְרֵת (hadret, “I returned”) rather than the MT הַדְרִי (hadri, “my honor”); cf. Theodotion.

⁹ tc The translation reads הָתְקְנֵת (hotqÿnet, “I was established”) rather than the MT הָתְקְנַת (hotqÿnat, “it was established”). As it stands, the MT makes no sense here.

¹⁰ tn Aram “were trembling and fearing.” This can be treated as a hendiadys, “were trembling with fear.”

¹¹ tn Aram “let live.” This Aramaic form is the aphel participle of חַיָה(khayah, “to live”). Theodotion and the Vulgate mistakenly take the form to be from מְחָא (mÿkha’, “to smite”).

¹² tn Aram “said.”

¹³ tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions.

¹⁴ tn The Aramaic active impersonal verb is often used as a substitute for the passive.

¹⁵ tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.

¹⁶ tn The Aramaic text has also “and behold.” So also in vv. 8, 13.

¹⁷ sn The fourth animal differs from the others in that it is nondescript. Apparently it was so fearsome that Daniel could find nothing with which to compare it. Attempts to identify this animal as an elephant or other known creature are conjectural.

¹⁸ tn The Aramaic word for “teeth” is dual rather than plural, suggesting two rows of teeth.

¹⁹ tn The words “I also wanted to know” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²⁰ tc The conjunction in the MT before “eyes” is odd. The ancient versions do not seem to presuppose it.

²¹ tn Aram “greater than its companions.”

²² tn Heb “gave your heart.”

²³ tn Heb “Behold.”

²⁴ tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

²⁵ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.