Daniel 10:21

10:21 However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book. ¹  (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes, ²  except Michael your ³  prince.

Daniel 5:17

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting on the Wall

5:17 But Daniel replied to the king, “Keep your gifts, and give your rewards to someone else! However, I will read the writing for the king and make known its ⁴  interpretation.

Daniel 1:21

1:21 Now Daniel lived on until the first ⁵  year of Cyrus the king.

Daniel 5:31--6:1

5:31 (6:1) ⁶  So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.

Daniel is Thrown into a Lions’ Den

6:1 It seemed like a good idea to Darius ⁷  to appoint over the kingdom 120 satraps ⁸  who would be in charge of the entire kingdom.

Daniel 7:18

7:18 The holy ones ⁹  of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will take possession of the kingdom forever and ever.’

Daniel 8:18

8:18 As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright. ¹⁰ 

Daniel 9:4

9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way:

“O Lord, ¹¹  great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant ¹²  with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Daniel 3:3

3:3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected. ¹³ 

Daniel 4:26

4:26 They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven ¹⁴  rules.

Daniel 5:29

5:29 Then, on Belshazzar’s orders, ¹⁵  Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 7:22

7:22 until the Ancient of Days arrived and judgment was rendered ¹⁶  in favor of the holy ones of the Most High. Then the time came for the holy ones to take possession of the kingdom.

Daniel 11:5

11:5 “Then the king of the south ¹⁷  and one of his subordinates ¹⁸  will grow strong. His subordinate ¹⁹  will resist ²⁰  him and will rule a kingdom greater than his. ²¹ 

Daniel 11:21

11:21 “Then there will arise in his place a despicable person ²²  to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit.

Daniel 11:43

11:43 He will have control over the hidden stores of gold and silver, as well as all the treasures of Egypt. Libyans and Ethiopians ²³  will submit to him. ²⁴ 

Daniel 5:7

5:7 The king called out loudly ²⁵  to summon ²⁶  the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed ²⁷  to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple ²⁸  and have a golden collar ²⁹  placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 3:2

3:2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent out a summons to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, ³⁰  and all the other authorities of the province to attend the dedication of the statue that he ³¹  had erected.

Daniel 4:17

4:17 This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels;

this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones,

so that ³²  those who are alive may understand

that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, ³³ 

and he bestows them on whomever he wishes.

He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

Daniel 5:23

5:23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone – gods ³⁴  that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control ³⁵  your very breath and all your ways!

Daniel 12:13

12:13 But you should go your way ³⁶  until the end. ³⁷  You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive ³⁸  what you have been allotted.” ³⁹ 

[10:21]  ¹ tn Heb “a book of truth.” Several English versions treat this as a title of some sort (cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although the NAB’s rendering “the truthful book” regards “truth” as an attributive adjective, as does the present translation.

[10:21]  ² tn The word “princes” is supplied for clarity.

[10:21]  ³ tn The pronoun is plural in Hebrew, suggesting that Michael is the angelic prince of Daniel and his people.

[5:17]  ⁴ tn Or “the.”

[1:21]  ⁵ sn The Persian king Cyrus’ first year in control of Babylon was 539 B.C. Daniel actually lived beyond the first year of Cyrus, as is clear from 10:1. The purpose of the statement in 1:21 is merely to say that Daniel’s life spanned the entire period of the neo-Babylonian empire. His life span also included the early years of the Persian control of Babylon. However, by that time his age was quite advanced; he probably died sometime in the 530’s B.C.

[5:31]  ⁶ sn Beginning with 5:31, the verse numbers through 6:28 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Aramaic text (BHS), with 5:31 ET = 6:1 AT, 6:1 ET = 6:2 AT, 6:2 ET = 6:3 AT, 6:3 ET = 6:4 AT, etc., through 6:28 ET = 6:29 AT. Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Aramaic text are again the same.

[6:1]  ⁷ tn Aram “It was pleasing before Darius.”

[6:1]  ⁸ tn This is a technical term for an official placed in charge of a region of the empire (cf. KJV, NLT “prince[s]”; NCV, TEV “governors”). These satraps were answerable to a supervisor, who in turn answered to Darius.

[7:18]  ⁹ sn The expression holy ones is either a reference to angels or to human beings devoted to God.

[8:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “on my standing.”

[9:4]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in vv. 7, 9, 15, 16, and 19 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[9:4]  ¹² tn Heb “who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[3:3]  ¹³ tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.”

[4:26]  ¹⁴ 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).

[5:29]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “Belshazzar spoke.”

[7:22]  ¹⁶ tc In the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate the verb is active, understanding “judgment” to be the object rather than the subject of the verb (i.e., “the Ancient of Days rendered judgment”). This presupposes a different vocalization of the verb ( יְהַב [yÿhav] rather than the MT יְהִב [yÿhiv]).

[11:5]  ¹⁷ sn The king of the south is Ptolemy I Soter (ca. 323-285 B.C.). The following reference to one of his subordinates apparently has in view Seleucus I Nicator (ca. 311-280 B.C.). Throughout the remainder of chap. 11 the expressions “king of the south” and “king of the north” repeatedly occur. It is clear, however, that these terms are being used generically to describe the Ptolemaic king (i.e., “of the south”) or the Seleucid king (i.e., “of the north”) who happens to be in power at any particular time. The specific identity of these kings can be established more or less successfully by a comparison of this chapter with the available extra-biblical records that discuss the history of the intertestamental period. In the following notes the generally accepted identifications are briefly mentioned.

[11:5]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “princes.”

[11:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the subordinate prince mentioned in the previous clause) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “be strong against.”

[11:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “greater than his kingdom.”

[11:21]  ²² sn This despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred is Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 175-164 B.C.).

[11:43]  ²³ tn Or “Nubians” (NIV, NCV); Heb “Cushites.”

[11:43]  ²⁴ tn Heb “Libyans and Cushites [will be] at his footsteps.”

[5:7]  ²⁵ tn Aram “in strength.”

[5:7]  ²⁶ tn Aram “cause to enter.”

[5:7]  ²⁷ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[5:7]  ²⁸ sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

[5:7]  ²⁹ tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).

[3:2]  ³⁰ sn The specific duties of the seven types of officials listed here (cf. vv. 3, 27) are unclear. The Aramaic words that are used are transliterations of Akkadian or Persian technical terms whose exact meanings are uncertain. The translations given here follow suggestions set forth in BDB.

[3:2]  ³¹ tn Aram “Nebuchadnezzar the king.” The proper name and title have been replaced by the relative pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[4:17]  ³² tc The present translation follows an underlying reading of עַל־דִּבְרַת (’al-divrat, “so that”) rather than MT עַד־דִּבְרַת (’ad-divrat, “until”).

[4:17]  ³³ tn Aram “the kingdom of man”; NASB “the realm of mankind”; NCV “every kingdom on earth.”

[5:23]  ³⁴ tn Aram “which.”

[5:23]  ³⁵ tn Aram “in whose hand [are].”

[12:13]  ³⁶ tn The words “your way” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

[12:13]  ³⁷ tc The LXX lacks “until the end.”

[12:13]  ³⁸ tn The word “receive” is added in the translation for clarification.

[12:13]  ³⁹ sn The deuterocanonical writings known as the Story of Susanna and Bel and the Dragon appear respectively as chapters 13 and 14 of the book of Daniel in the Greek version of this book. Although these writings are not part of the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel, they were popular among certain early communities who valued traditions about the life of Daniel.