Daniel 4:5

4:5 I saw a dream that ¹  frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed – these visions of my mind – were terrifying me.

Daniel 7:15

An Angel Interprets Daniel’s Vision

7:15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed, ²  and the visions of my mind ³  were alarming me.

Daniel 4:10

4:10 Here are the visions of my mind ⁴  while I was on my bed.

While I was watching,

there was a tree in the middle of the land. ⁵ 

It was enormously tall. ⁶ 

Daniel 7:1

Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea

7:1 In the first ⁷  year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had ⁸  a dream filled with visions ⁹  while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 2:28

2:28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, ¹¹  and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. ¹²  The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed ¹³  are as follows.

[4:5]  ¹ tn Aram “and it.”

[7:15]  ² tn The Aramaic text includes the phrase “in its sheath,” apparently viewing the body as a container or receptacle for the spirit somewhat like a sheath or scabbard is for a knife or a sword (cf. NAB “within its sheath of flesh”). For this phrase the LXX and Vulgate have “in these things.”

[7:15]  ³ tn Aram “head.”

[4:10]  ⁴ tc The LXX lacks the first two words (Aram “the visions of my head”) of the Aramaic text.

[4:10]  ⁵ tn Instead of “in the middle of the land,” some English versions render this phrase “a tree at the center of the earth” (NRSV); NAB, CEV “of the world”; NLT “in the middle of the earth.” The Hebrew phrase can have either meaning.

[4:10]  ⁶ tn Aram “its height was great.”

[7:1]  ⁷ sn The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 553 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 67 years old at the time of this vision.

[7:1]  ⁸ tn Aram “saw.”

[7:1]  ⁹ tn Aram “and visions of his head.” The Aramaic is difficult here. Some scholars add a verb thought to be missing (e.g., “the visions of his head [were alarming him]”), but there is no external evidence to support such a decision and the awkwardness of the text at this point may be original.

[7:1]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV “the substance of his dream.”

[2:28]  ¹¹ tn Aram “a revealer of mysteries.” The phrase serves as a quasi-title for God in Daniel.

[2:28]  ¹² tn Aram “in the latter days.”

[2:28]  ¹³ tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.”