Discovery BoxDaniel 2:41 
Context2:41 In that you were seeing feet and toes 1 partly of wet clay 2 and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay. 3
Daniel 10:16
Context10:16 Then 4 one who appeared to be a human being 5 was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, 6 due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.
Daniel 10:19
Context10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. 7 Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, 8 for you have given me strength.”
Daniel 11:17
Context11:17 His intention 9 will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. 10 He will give the king of the south 11 a daughter 12 in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.
Daniel 11:25
Context11:25 He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm 13 against the king of the south 14 with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him.
1 tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”
2 tn Aram “potter’s clay.”
3 tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).
4 tn Heb “Behold.”
5 tc So most Hebrew
6 tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.
7 tn Heb “treasured man.”
8 tn Heb “my lord may speak.”
9 tn Heb “and he will set his face.” Cf. vv. 18, 19.
10 tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).
11 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”
sn The daughter refers to Cleopatra, the daughter of Antiochus, who was given in marriage to Ptolemy V.
13 tn Heb “heart.”
14 sn This king of the south was Ptolemy Philometer (ca. 181-145
