Discovery BoxDaniel 7:2 
Context7:2 Daniel explained: 1 “I was watching in my vision during the night as 2 the four winds of the sky 3 were stirring up the great sea. 4
Daniel 8:1
Context8:1 5 In the third year 6 of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously. 7
Daniel 8:15-16
Context8:15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me. 8:16 Then I heard a human voice coming from between the banks of the Ulai. It called out, “Gabriel, 8 enable this person to understand the vision.”
Daniel 10:8
Context10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from 9 me, and my vigor disappeared; 10 I was without energy. 11
Daniel 10:14
Context10:14 Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”
Daniel 8:13
Context8:13 Then I heard a holy one 12 speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, “To what period of time does the vision pertain – this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?”
1 tn Aram “answered and said.”
2 tn Aram “and behold.”
3 tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
4 sn The referent of the great sea is unclear. The common view that the expression refers to the Mediterranean Sea is conjectural.
5 sn Dan 8:1 marks the switch from Aramaic (= 2:4b-7:28) back to Hebrew as the language in which the book is written in its present form. The remainder of the book from this point on (8:1-12:13) is in Hebrew. The bilingual nature of the book has been variously explained, but it most likely has to do with the book’s transmission history.
6 sn The third year of King Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 551
7 tn Heb “in the beginning.” This refers to the vision described in chapter seven.
8 sn The only angels whose names are given in the OT are Gabriel (Dan 8:16; 9:21; cf. Luke 1:19, 26) and Michael (Dan 10:13, 21; 12:1; cf. Jude 9; Rev 12:7). The name Gabriel means in Hebrew “man of God,” and Michael means “who is like God?”
9 tn Heb “did not remain in.”
10 tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”
11 tn Heb “strength.”
12 sn The holy one referred to here is presumably an angel. Cf. 4:13[10], 23 [20].
