Discovery BoxDaniel 4:26 
Context4:26 They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven 1 rules.
Daniel 5:20
Context5:20 And when his mind 2 became arrogant 3 and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.
Daniel 8:10
Context8:10 It grew so big it reached the army 4 of heaven, and it brought about the fall of some of the army and some of the stars 5 to the ground, where it trampled them.
Daniel 8:19
Context8:19 Then he said, “I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision 6 pertains to the appointed time of the end.
Daniel 8:23
Context8:23 Toward the end of their rule, when rebellious acts 7 are complete, a rash 8 and deceitful 9 king will arise. 10
Daniel 9:8
Context9:8 O LORD, we have been humiliated 11 – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.
Daniel 11:31
Context11:31 His forces 12 will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary, 13 stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up 14 the abomination that causes desolation.
Daniel 12:3-4
Context12:3 But the wise will shine
like the brightness of the heavenly expanse.
And those bringing many to righteousness
will be like the stars forever and ever.
12:4 “But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, 15 and knowledge will increase.”
1 sn The reference to heaven here is a circumlocution for God. There was a tendency in Jewish contexts to avoid direct reference to God. Cf. the expression “kingdom of heaven” in the NT and such statements as “I have sinned against heaven and in your sight” (Luke 15:21).
2 tn Aram “heart.”
3 sn The point of describing Nebuchadnezzar as arrogant is that he had usurped divine prerogatives, and because of his immense arrogance God had dealt decisively with him.
4 tn Traditionally, “host.” The term refers to God’s heavenly angelic assembly, which he sometimes leads into battle as an army.
5 sn In prescientific Israelite thinking the stars were associated with the angelic members of God’s heavenly assembly. See Judg 5:20; Job 38:7; Isa 40:26. In west Semitic mythology the stars were members of the high god’s divine assembly (see Isa 14:13).
6 tn The Hebrew text does not actually state the referent (the vision Daniel saw in vv. 8-12; cf. also v. 13), which has been specified in the translation for clarity. Some Greek witnesses add “the vision” here.
7 tc The present translation reads הַפְּשָׁעִים (happÿsha’im, “rebellious acts”) for the MT הַפֹּשְׁעִים (happoshÿ’im, “rebels”). While the MT is understandable (cf. NIV, “when rebels have become completely wicked”), the filling up of transgressions is a familiar OT expression (cf. Gen 15:16) and fits this context well. Cf. the LXX, Theodotion, the Vulgate, and the Syriac.
8 tn Heb “strong of face.”
9 tn Heb “understanding riddles.” Possible meanings include “double-dealing” (BDB 295 s.v. חִידָה; cf. TEV, CEV) and “with a good knowledge of intrigue” (HALOT 309 s.v. חִידָה; cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
10 tn Heb “stand” or “stand up.”
11 tn Heb “to us (belongs) shame of face.”
12 tn Heb “arms.”
13 tn Heb “the sanctuary, the fortress.”
14 tn Heb “will give.”
15 tn Or “will run back and forth”; KJV “shall run to and fro”; NIV “will go here and there”; CEV “will go everywhere.”
sn Many will dash about is probably an allusion to Amos 8:12.
