Daniel 6:18

6:18 Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions ¹  were brought to him. He was unable to sleep. ² 

Daniel 10:8

10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ³  me, and my vigor disappeared; ⁴  I was without energy. ⁵ 

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¹ tn The meaning of Aramaic דַּחֲוָה (dakhavah) is a crux interpretum. Suggestions include “music,” “dancing girls,” “concubines,” “table,” “food” – all of which are uncertain. The translation employed here, suggested by earlier scholars, is deliberately vague. A number of recent English versions follow a similar approach with “entertainment” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT). On this word see further, HALOT 1849-50 s.v.; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 37.

² tn Aram “his sleep fled from him.”

³ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

⁴ tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

⁵ tn Heb “strength.”