Daniel 4:27

4:27 Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.” ¹ 

Daniel 5:2

5:2 While under the influence ²  of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels – the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father ³  had confiscated ⁴  from the temple in Jerusalem ⁵  – so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them. ⁶ 

Daniel 5:19

5:19 Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear ⁷  before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared ⁸  whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.

Daniel 7:9

7:9 “While I was watching,

thrones were set up,

and the Ancient of Days ⁹  took his seat.

His attire was white like snow;

the hair of his head was like lamb’s ¹⁰  wool.

His throne was ablaze with fire

and its wheels were all aflame. ¹¹ 

Daniel 8:13

8:13 Then I heard a holy one ¹²  speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, “To what period of time does the vision pertain – this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?”

Daniel 10:11

10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. ¹³  Understand the words that I am about to ¹⁴  speak to you. So stand up, ¹⁵  for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this ¹⁶  to me, I stood up shaking.

Daniel 10:19

10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ¹⁷  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ¹⁸  for you have given me strength.”

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 

Daniel 12:1

12:1 “At that time Michael,

the great prince who watches over your people, ²⁰ 

will arise. ²¹ 

There will be a time of distress

unlike any other from the nation’s beginning ²² 

up to that time.

But at that time your own people,

all those whose names are ²³  found written in the book,

will escape.

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¹ tn Aram “if there may be a lengthening to your prosperity.”

² tn Or perhaps, “when he had tasted” (cf. NASB) in the sense of officially initiating the commencement of the banquet. The translation above seems preferable, however, given the clear evidence of inebriation in the context (cf. also CEV “he got drunk and ordered”).

³ tn Or “ancestor”; or “predecessor” (also in vv. 11, 13, 18). The Aramaic word translated “father” can on occasion denote these other relationships.

⁴ tn Or “taken.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ sn Making use of sacred temple vessels for an occasion of reveling and drunkenness such as this would have been a religious affront of shocking proportions to the Jewish captives.

⁷ tn Aram “were trembling and fearing.” This can be treated as a hendiadys, “were trembling with fear.”

⁸ 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”).

⁹ tn Or “the Ancient One” (NAB, NRSV, NLT), although the traditional expression has been retained in the present translation because it is familiar to many readers. Cf. TEV “One who had been living for ever”; CEV “the Eternal God.”

¹⁰ tn Traditionally the Aramaic word נְקֵא (nÿqe’) has been rendered “pure,” but here it more likely means “of a lamb.” Cf. the Syriac neqya’ (“a sheep, ewe”). On this word see further, M. Sokoloff, “’amar neqe’, ‘Lamb’s Wool’ (Dan 7:9),” JBL 95 (1976): 277-79.

¹¹ tn Aram “a flaming fire.”

¹² sn The holy one referred to here is presumably an angel. Cf. 4:13[10], 23 [20].

¹³ tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”

¹⁴ tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.

¹⁵ tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “spoke this word.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “treasured man.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “my lord may speak.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and unto a time.”

²⁰ tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”

²¹ tn Heb “will stand up.”

²² tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”

²³ tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.