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 4:14
Context4:14 He called out loudly 4 as follows: 5
‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches!
Strip off its foliage
and scatter its fruit!
Let the animals flee from under it
and the birds from its branches!
Daniel 4:16
Context4:16 Let his mind 6 be altered from that of a human being,
and let an animal’s mind be given to him,
and let seven periods of time 7 go by for 8 him.
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 9 used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest –
1 tn Aram “the sons of man.”
2 tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”
3 tn Aram “hand.”
4 tn Aram “in strength.”
5 tn Aram “and thus he was saying.”
6 tn Aram “its heart.” The metaphor of the tree begins to fade here and the reality behind the symbol (the king) begins to emerge.
7 sn The seven periods of time probably refer to seven years.
8 tn Aram “over” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).
9 tn Aram “the beasts of the field” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).
