Daniel 1:10

1:10 But he ¹  responded to Daniel, “I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided ²  your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age? ³  If that happened, ⁴  you would endanger my life ⁵  with the king!”

Daniel 7:20

7:20 I also wanted to know ⁶  the meaning of the ten horns on its head, and of that other horn which came up and before which three others fell. This was the horn that had eyes ⁷  and a mouth speaking arrogant things, whose appearance was more formidable than the others. ⁸ 

Daniel 9:12

9:12 He has carried out his threats ⁹  against us and our rulers ¹⁰  who were over ¹¹  us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!

Daniel 9:16

9:16 O Lord, according to all your justice, ¹²  please turn your raging anger ¹³  away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ¹⁴  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ¹⁵  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ¹⁶ 

there will be a period of seven weeks ¹⁷  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ¹⁸  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

Daniel 12:7

12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky ¹⁹  and made an oath by the one who lives forever: “It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters ²⁰  the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”

[1:10]  ¹ tn Heb “The overseer of the court officials.” The subject has been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[1:10]  ² tn Heb “assigned.” See v. 5.

[1:10]  ³ tn Heb “Why should he see your faces thin from the young men who are according to your age?” The term translated “thin” occurs only here and in Gen 40:6, where it appears to refer to a dejected facial expression. The word is related to an Arabic root meaning “be weak.” See HALOT 277 s.v. II זעף.

[1:10]  ⁴ tn The words “if that happened” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[1:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “my head.” Presumably this is an implicit reference to capital punishment (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although this is not entirely clear.

[7:20]  ⁶ tn The words “I also wanted to know” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:20]  ⁷ tc The conjunction in the MT before “eyes” is odd. The ancient versions do not seem to presuppose it.

[7:20]  ⁸ tn Aram “greater than its companions.”

[9:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “he has fulfilled his word(s) which he spoke.”

[9:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “our judges.”

[9:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “who judged.”

[9:16]  ¹² tn Or “righteousness.”

[9:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “your anger and your rage.” The synonyms are joined here to emphasize the degree of God’s anger. This is best expressed in English by making one of the terms adjectival (cf. NLT “your furious anger”; CEV “terribly angry”).

[9:25]  ¹⁴ tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

[9:25]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:25]  ¹⁶ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

[9:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

[9:25]  sn The accents in the MT indicate disjunction at this point, which would make it difficult, if not impossible, to identify the “anointed one/prince” of this verse as messianic. The reference in v. 26 to the sixty-two weeks as a unit favors the MT accentuation, not the traditional translation. If one follows the MT accentuation, one may translate “From the going forth of the message to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks. During a period of sixty-two weeks it will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.” The present translation follows a traditional reading of the passage that deviates from the MT accentuation.

[9:25]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[12:7]  ¹⁹ tn Or “to the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[12:7]  ²⁰ tc The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ (yad-nofets, “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד (nappets-yad, “to shatter the hand”).