Daniel 4:22
4:22 it is you, 1 O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.
Daniel 4:30
4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence 2 by my own mighty strength 3 and for my majestic honor?”
1 sn Much of modern scholarship views this chapter as a distortion of traditions that were originally associated with Nabonidus rather than with Nebuchadnezzar. A Qumran text, the Prayer of Nabonidus, is often cited for parallels to these events.
2 tn Aram “house.”
3 tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”