Daniel 6:4

6:4 Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find ¹  some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. ²  But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, ³  because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. ⁴ 

Daniel 9:11-12

9:11 “All Israel has broken ⁵  your law and turned away by not obeying you. ⁶  Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened ⁷  in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you. ⁸  9:12 He has carried out his threats ⁹  against us and our rulers ¹⁰  who were over ¹¹  us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!

Daniel 11:11

11:11 “Then the king of the south ¹²  will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand.

Daniel 11:16

11:16 The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power. ¹³ 

Daniel 11:28

11:28 Then the king of the north ¹⁴  will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land.

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¹ tn Aram “looking to find.”

² tn Aram “from the side of the kingdom.”

³ tn Aram “pretext and corruption.”

⁴ tn Aram “no negligence or corruption was found in him.” The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the phrase “and no negligence or corruption was found in him.”

⁵ tn Or “transgressed.” The Hebrew verb has the primary sense of crossing a boundary, in this case, God’s law.

⁶ tn Heb “by not paying attention to your voice.”

⁷ tn Heb “the curse and the oath which is written.” The term “curse” refers here to the judgments threatened in the Mosaic law (see Deut 28) for rebellion. The expression “the curse and the oath” is probably a hendiadys (cf. Num 5:21; Neh 10:29) referring to the fact that the covenant with its threatened judgments was ratified by solemn oath and made legally binding upon the covenant community.

⁸ tn Heb “him.”

⁹ tn Heb “he has fulfilled his word(s) which he spoke.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “our judges.”

¹¹ tn Heb “who judged.”

¹² sn This king of the south refers to Ptolemy IV Philopator (ca. 221-204 B.C.).

¹³ tn Heb “hand.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.