Daniel 4:31

4:31 While these words were still on the king’s lips, ¹  a voice came down from heaven: “It is hereby announced to you, ²  King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you!

Daniel 9:20-21

Gabriel Gives to Daniel a Prophecy of Seventy Weeks

9:20 While I was still speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my request before the LORD my God concerning his holy mountain ³  – 9:21 yes, while I was still praying, ⁴  the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously ⁵  in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, ⁶  around the time of the evening offering.

Daniel 11:27

11:27 These two kings, their minds ⁷  filled with evil intentions, will trade ⁸  lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

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¹ tn Aram “in the mouth of the king.”

² tn Aram “to you they say.”

³ tn Heb “the holy mountain of my God.”

⁴ tn Heb “speaking in prayer.”

⁵ tn Heb “in the beginning.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew expression בִּיעָף מֻעָף (mu’af bi’af) is very difficult. The issue is whether the verb derives from עוּף (’uf, “to fly”) or from יָעַף (ya’af, “to be weary”). Many ancient versions and modern commentators take the first of these possibilities and understand the reference to be to the swift flight of the angel Gabriel in his coming to Daniel. The words more likely refer to the extreme weariness, not of the angel, but of Daniel. Cf. 7:28; 8:27; 10:8-9, 16-17; also NASB.

⁷ tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.

⁸ tn Heb “speak.”