Daniel 3:29

3:29 I hereby decree ¹  that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes ²  the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”

Daniel 6:23

6:23 Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God.

Daniel 8:4

8:4 I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal ³  was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. ⁴  It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly. ⁵ 

Daniel 11:25

11:25 He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm ⁶  against the king of the south ⁷  with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him.

[3:29]  ¹ tn Aram “from me is placed an edict.”

[3:29]  ² tn Aram “speaks negligence.”

[8:4]  ³ tn Or “beast” (NAB).

[8:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand.” So also in v. 7.

[8:4]  ⁵ tn In the Hiphil the Hebrew verb גָּדַל (gadal, “to make great; to magnify”) can have either a positive or a negative sense. For the former, used especially of God, see Ps 126:2, 3; Joel 2:21. In this chapter (8:4, 8, 11, 25) the word has a pejorative sense, describing the self-glorification of this king. The sense seems to be that of vainly assuming one’s own superiority through deliberate hubris.

[11:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “heart.”

[11:25]  ⁷ sn This king of the south was Ptolemy Philometer (ca. 181-145 B.C.).