Discovery BoxDaniel 2:29 
Context2:29 “As for you, O king, while you were in your bed your thoughts turned to future things. 1 The revealer of mysteries has made known to you what will take place.
Daniel 4:22
Context4:22 it is you, 2 O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.
Daniel 5:17
Context5:17 But Daniel replied to the king, “Keep your gifts, and give your rewards to someone else! However, I will read the writing for the king and make known its 3 interpretation.
Daniel 9:6
Context9:6 We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority 4 to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, 5 and to all the inhabitants 6 of the land as well.
1 tn Aram “your thoughts upon your bed went up to what will be after this.”
2 sn Much of modern scholarship views this chapter as a distortion of traditions that were originally associated with Nabonidus rather than with Nebuchadnezzar. A Qumran text, the Prayer of Nabonidus, is often cited for parallels to these events.
3 tn Or “the.”
4 tn Heb “in your name.” Another option is to translate, “as your representatives.”
5 tn Heb “our fathers” (also in vv. 8, 16). The Hebrew term translated “father” can refer to more distant relationships such as grandfathers or ancestors.
6 tn Heb “people.”
