Daniel 4:35

4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. ¹ 

He does as he wishes with the army of heaven

and with those who inhabit the earth.

No one slaps ²  his hand

and says to him, ‘What have you done?’

Daniel 4:37

4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live ³  in pride.

Daniel 6:15

6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and ⁴  said to him, ⁵  “Recall, ⁶  O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”

Daniel 6:17

6:17 Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening ⁷  to the den. The king sealed ⁸  it with his signet ring and with those ⁹  of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel.

Daniel 7:16

7:16 I approached one of those standing nearby and asked him about the meaning ¹⁰  of all this. So he spoke with me and revealed ¹¹  to me the interpretation of the vision: ¹² 

Daniel 9:4

9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way:

“O Lord, ¹³  great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant ¹⁴  with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Daniel 11:30

11:30 The ships of Kittim ¹⁵  will come against him, leaving him disheartened. ¹⁶  He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor ¹⁷  those who forsake the holy covenant.

Daniel 11:39

11:39 He will attack ¹⁸  mighty fortresses, aided by ¹⁹  a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price. ²⁰ 

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¹ tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than כְּלָה (kÿlah) of BHS.

² tn Aram “strikes against.”

³ tn Aram “walk.”

⁴ tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

⁵ tn Aram “the king.”

⁶ tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”

⁷ tn Aram “mouth.”

⁸ sn The purpose of the den being sealed was to prevent unauthorized tampering with the opening of the den. Any disturbance of the seal would immediately alert the officials to improper activity of this sort.

⁹ tn Aram “the signet rings.”

¹⁰ tn Aram “what is certain.”

¹¹ tn Aram “and made known.”

¹² tn Aram “matter,” but the matter at hand is of course the vision.

¹³ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in vv. 7, 9, 15, 16, and 19 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

¹⁴ tn Heb “who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

¹⁵ sn The name Kittim has various designations in extra-biblical literature. It can refer to a location on the island of Cyprus, or more generally to the island itself, or it can be an inclusive term to refer to parts of the Mediterranean world that lay west of the Middle East (e.g., Rome). For ships of Kittim the Greek OT (LXX) has “Romans,” an interpretation followed by a few English versions (e.g., TEV). A number of times in the Dead Sea Scrolls the word is used in reference to the Romans. Other English versions are more generic: “[ships] of the western coastlands” (NIV, NLT); “from the west” (NCV, CEV).

¹⁶ sn This is apparently a reference to the Roman forces, led by Gaius Popilius Laenas, which confronted Antiochus when he came to Egypt and demanded that he withdraw or face the wrath of Rome. Antiochus wisely withdrew from Egypt, albeit in a state of bitter frustration.

¹⁷ tn Heb “show regard for.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “act against.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “with.”

²⁰ tn Or perhaps “for a reward.”