Daniel 2:35
Konteks2:35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction 1 and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.
Daniel 7:1
Konteks7:1 In the first 2 year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had 3 a dream filled with visions 4 while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. 5
Daniel 3:23
Konteks3:23 But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace 6 of blazing fire while still securely bound. 7
[2:35] 1 tn Aram “as one.” For the meaning “without distinction” see the following: F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 36, §64, and p. 93; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 60.
[7:1] 2 sn The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 553
[7:1] 4 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] 5 tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV “the substance of his dream.”
[3:23] 6 tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.
[3:23] 7 sn The deuterocanonical writings known as The Prayer of Azariah and The Song of the Three present at this point a confession and petition for God’s forgiveness and a celebration of God’s grace for the three Jewish youths in the fiery furnace. Though not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel, these compositions do appear in the ancient Greek versions.