Daniel 4:35

4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. ¹ 

He does as he wishes with the army of heaven

and with those who inhabit the earth.

No one slaps ²  his hand

and says to him, ‘What have you done?’

Daniel 6:24

6:24 The king gave another order, ³  and those men who had maliciously accused ⁴  Daniel were brought and thrown ⁵  into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. ⁶  They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Daniel 7:5

7:5 “Then ⁷  a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs ⁸  in its mouth between its teeth. ⁹  It was told, ¹⁰  ‘Get up and devour much flesh!’

Daniel 7:14

7:14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty.

All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving ¹¹  him.

His authority is eternal and will not pass away. ¹² 

His kingdom will not be destroyed. ¹³ 

Daniel 8:8

8:8 The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns ¹⁴  in its place, ¹⁵  extending toward the four winds of the sky. ¹⁶ 

Daniel 8:17

8:17 So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. ¹⁷  Then he said to me, “Understand, son of man, ¹⁸  that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

[4:35]  ¹ tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than כְּלָה (kÿlah) of BHS.

[4:35]  ² tn Aram “strikes against.”

[6:24]  ³ tn Aram “said.”

[6:24]  ⁴ tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions.

[6:24]  ⁵ tn The Aramaic active impersonal verb is often used as a substitute for the passive.

[6:24]  ⁶ tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.

[7:5]  ⁷ tn Aram “and behold.”

[7:5]  ⁸ sn The three ribs held securely in the mouth of the bear, perhaps representing Media-Persia, apparently symbolize military conquest, but the exact identity of the “ribs” is not clear. Possibly it is a reference to the Persian conquest of Lydia, Egypt, and Babylonia.

[7:5]  ⁹ tc The LXX lacks the phrase “between its teeth.”

[7:5]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “and thus they were saying to it.”

[7:14]  ¹¹ tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.”

[7:14]  ¹² tn Aram “is an eternal authority which will not pass away.”

[7:14]  ¹³ tn Aram “is one which will not be destroyed.”

[8:8]  ¹⁴ tn The word “horns” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[8:8]  ¹⁵ sn The four conspicuous horns refer to Alexander’s successors. After his death, Alexander’s empire was divided up among four of his generals: Cassander, who took Macedonia and Greece; Lysimachus, who took Thrace and parts of Asia Minor; Seleucus, who took Syria and territory to its east; and Ptolemy, who took control of Egypt.

[8:8]  ¹⁶ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[8:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “on my face.”

[8:17]  ¹⁸ tn Or “human one.”