Discovery BoxDaniel 2:38 
Context2:38 Wherever human beings, 1 wild animals, 2 and birds of the sky live – he has given them into your power. 3 He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.
Daniel 2:40
Context2:40 Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces 4 all of these metals, 5 so it will break in pieces and crush the others. 6
Daniel 2:48
Context2:48 Then the king elevated Daniel to high position and bestowed on him many marvelous gifts. He granted him authority over the entire province of Babylon and made him the main prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 3:2-3
Context3:2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent out a summons to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, 7 and all the other authorities of the province to attend the dedication of the statue that he 8 had erected. 3:3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected. 9
Daniel 3:5
Context3:5 When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, 10 trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must 11 bow down and pay homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has erected.
Daniel 3:10
Context3:10 You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.
Daniel 4:6
Context4:6 So I issued an order 12 for all the wise men of Babylon to be brought 13 before me so that they could make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
Daniel 4:21
Context4:21 whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals 14 used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest –
Daniel 4:35
Context4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. 15
He does as he wishes with the army of heaven
and with those who inhabit the earth.
No one slaps 16 his hand
and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
Daniel 4:37
Context4:37 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 17 in pride.
Daniel 7:14
Context7:14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty.
All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving 18 him.
His authority is eternal and will not pass away. 19
His kingdom will not be destroyed. 20
Daniel 7:16
Context7:16 I approached one of those standing nearby and asked him about the meaning 21 of all this. So he spoke with me and revealed 22 to me the interpretation of the vision: 23
Daniel 9:6
Context9:6 We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority 24 to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, 25 and to all the inhabitants 26 of the land as well.
Daniel 9:11-12
Context9:11 “All Israel has broken 27 your law and turned away by not obeying you. 28 Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened 29 in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you. 30 9:12 He has carried out his threats 31 against us and our rulers 32 who were over 33 us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!
Daniel 9:14
Context9:14 The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just 34 in all he has done, 35 and we have not obeyed him. 36
Daniel 11:10
Context11:10 His sons 37 will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s 38 fortress. 39
Daniel 11:37
Context11:37 He will not respect 40 the gods of his fathers – not even the god loved by women. 41 He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all.
1 tn Aram “the sons of man.”
2 tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”
3 tn Aram “hand.”
4 tc Theodotion and the Vulgate lack the phrase “and as iron breaks in pieces.”
5 tn The Aramaic text does not have this word, but it has been added in the translation for clarity.
6 tn The words “the others” are supplied from the context.
7 sn The specific duties of the seven types of officials listed here (cf. vv. 3, 27) are unclear. The Aramaic words that are used are transliterations of Akkadian or Persian technical terms whose exact meanings are uncertain. The translations given here follow suggestions set forth in BDB.
8 tn Aram “Nebuchadnezzar the king.” The proper name and title have been replaced by the relative pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
9 tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.”
10 sn The word zither (Aramaic קִיתָרוֹס [qitaros]), and the words for harp (Aramaic פְּסַנְתֵּרִין [pÿsanterin]) and pipes (Aramaic סוּמְפֹּנְיָה [sumponÿyah]), are of Greek derivation. Though much has been made of this in terms of suggesting a date in the Hellenistic period for the writing of the book, it is not surprising that a few Greek cultural terms, all of them the names of musical instruments, should appear in this book. As a number of scholars have pointed out, the bigger surprise (if, in fact, the book is to be dated to the Hellenistic period) may be that there are so few Greek loanwords in Daniel.
11 tn The imperfect Aramaic verbs have here an injunctive nuance.
12 tn Aram “from me there was placed a decree.”
13 tn The Aramaic infinitive here is active.
14 tn Aram “the beasts of the field” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).
15 tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew
16 tn Aram “strikes against.”
17 tn Aram “walk.”
18 tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.”
19 tn Aram “is an eternal authority which will not pass away.”
20 tn Aram “is one which will not be destroyed.”
21 tn Aram “what is certain.”
22 tn Aram “and made known.”
23 tn Aram “matter,” but the matter at hand is of course the vision.
24 tn Heb “in your name.” Another option is to translate, “as your representatives.”
25 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.
26 tn Heb “people.”
27 tn Or “transgressed.” The Hebrew verb has the primary sense of crossing a boundary, in this case, God’s law.
28 tn Heb “by not paying attention to your voice.”
29 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.
30 tn Heb “him.”
31 tn Heb “he has fulfilled his word(s) which he spoke.”
32 tn Heb “our judges.”
33 tn Heb “who judged.”
34 tn Or “righteous.”
35 tn Heb “in all his deeds which he has done.”
36 tn Heb “we have not listened to his voice.”
37 sn The sons of Seleucus II Callinicus were Seleucus III Ceraunus (ca. 227-223
38 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the enemy of the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
39 tn Heb “and he will certainly come and overflow and cross over and return and be aroused unto a fortress.” The translation has attempted to simplify the syntax of this difficult sequence.
40 tn Heb “consider.”
41 tn Heb “[the one] desired by women.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
